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Philosopher

Alasdair MacIntyre, born on January 12, 1929, is a renowned philosopher whose work focuses on moral philosophy, political philosophy, and ethics. He is best known for his revival of traditional virtue ethics and his critical analysis of modern moral issues.

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“Modern politics is civil war carried on by other means.”

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Book:After Virtue

Source: After Virtue

“What this brings out is that modern politics cannot be a matter of genuine moral consensus. And it is not. Modern politics is civil war carried on by other means.”

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Book:After Virtue

Source: After Virtue

“I have confronted theoretical positions whose protagonists claim that what I take to be historically produced characteristics of what is specifically modern are in fact the timelessly necessary characteristics of all and any moral judgment, of all and any selfhood.”

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Book:After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory

Source: After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory

“A striking feature of moral and political argument in the modern world is the extent to which it is innovators, radicals, and revolutionaries who revive old doctrines, while their conservative and reactionary opponents are the inventors of new ones.”

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Book:A Short History of Ethics: A History of Moral Philosophy from the Homeric Age to the 20th Century

Source: A Short History of Ethics: A History of Moral Philosophy from the Homeric Age to the 20th Century

“Modern systematic politics, whether liberal, conservative, radical, or socialist, simply has to be rejected from a standpoint that owes genuine allegiance to the tradition of the virtues; for modern politics itself expresses in its institutional forms a systematic rejection of that tradition”

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Book:After Virtue

Source: After Virtue

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Born: January 12, 1929
Known for: Philosopher
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After VirtueRelated source material

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Whose Justice? Which Rationality?Related source material

A Short History of Ethics: A History of Moral Philosophy from the Homeric Age to the 20th CenturyRelated source material

Edith Stein: A Philosophical Prologue, 1913-1922Related source material

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The Tasks of Philosophy: Volume 1: Selected EssaysRelated source material

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