Alasdair MacIntyre is research professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of numerous books, including After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory, Third Edition, A Short History of Ethics, and Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry: Encyclopaedia, Genealogy, and Tradition, all published by the University of Notre Dame Press.
"Alasdair MacIntyre has done it again. . . . [He] delivers on his
promise in After Virtue to develop an account of rationality and
justice that is tradition specific. It is a long and complex book,
but will repay any reader's labors. In this book MacIntyre tells
the story of four traditions: the Aristotelian, the Augustinian,
the Scottish, and the rise of the liberal tradition. His narrative
shows the interaction of these in a manner that illumines our
current intellectual and moral context. . . ." —Commonweal
"It is a step in the right direction, not of returning to some
Catholic version of fundamentalist bibliotary, but of reading a
Christian theologian and philosopher whose immense wisdom repays
careful study by Christians and non-Christians alike." —New Oxford
Review
“Whose Justice? Which Rationality? is a work of signal importance
... [it] is usually convincing, always provocative, and has
wide-reaching implications for the way we think about our
historical moment." —Commentary
“MacIntyre’s rich historical exposition displays all the erudition
and philosophical subtlety that his readers have come to expect
from his work. . . . [T]here is much to admire in MacIntyre’s
unflinching indictment of liberal modernity.” —The New
Criterion
“[MacIntyre’s] diagnosis of what ails recent moral philosophy is
brilliant.” —Wilson Quarterly
“MacIntyre is widely informed and his story of developments in the
traditions that he identifies is learned, interesting, and notably
well-written.” —London Review of Books
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