Alasdair Macintyre (contemporary Philosophy In Focus)
by Mark C. Murphy /
2003 / English / PDF
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Alasdair MacIntyre's writings on ethics, political philosophy,
philosophy of religion, philosophy of the social sciences and the
history of philosophy have established him as one of the
philosophical giants of the last fifty years. His best-known book,
After Virtue (1981), spurred the profound revival of virtue ethics.
Moreover, MacIntyre, unlike so many of his contemporaries, has
exerted a deep influence beyond the bounds of academic philosophy.
This volume focuses on the major themes of MacIntyre's work with
critical expositions of MacIntyre's views on the history of
philosophy, the role of tradition in philosophical inquiry, the
philosophy of the social sciences, moral philosophy, political
theory, and his critique of the assumptions and institutions of
modernity. Written by a distinguished roster of philosophers, this
volume will have a wide appeal outside philosophy to students in
the social sciences, law, theology, and political theory. Mark C.
Murphy is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown
University. He is author of Natural Law and Practical Rationality
(Cambridge, 2001) and An Essay on Divine Authority (Cornell, 2002),
as well as of a number of articles on natural law theory, political
obligation, and Hobbes' moral, political, and legal philosophy. His
papers have appeared in Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs,
Nous, Faith and Philosophy, Law and Philosophy, American
Philosophical Quarterly, the Thomist, and elsewhere.
Alasdair MacIntyre's writings on ethics, political philosophy,
philosophy of religion, philosophy of the social sciences and the
history of philosophy have established him as one of the
philosophical giants of the last fifty years. His best-known book,
After Virtue (1981), spurred the profound revival of virtue ethics.
Moreover, MacIntyre, unlike so many of his contemporaries, has
exerted a deep influence beyond the bounds of academic philosophy.
This volume focuses on the major themes of MacIntyre's work with
critical expositions of MacIntyre's views on the history of
philosophy, the role of tradition in philosophical inquiry, the
philosophy of the social sciences, moral philosophy, political
theory, and his critique of the assumptions and institutions of
modernity. Written by a distinguished roster of philosophers, this
volume will have a wide appeal outside philosophy to students in
the social sciences, law, theology, and political theory. Mark C.
Murphy is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown
University. He is author of Natural Law and Practical Rationality
(Cambridge, 2001) and An Essay on Divine Authority (Cornell, 2002),
as well as of a number of articles on natural law theory, political
obligation, and Hobbes' moral, political, and legal philosophy. His
papers have appeared in Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs,
Nous, Faith and Philosophy, Law and Philosophy, American
Philosophical Quarterly, the Thomist, and elsewhere.