Dependent Rational Animals
Why Human Beings Need the Virtues
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Ethics & Moral Philosophy
| Author: | Alasdair MacIntyre | ISBN: | 9780812697056 |
| Publisher: | Open Court | Publication: | August 10, 1999 |
| Imprint: | Open Court | Language: | English |
| Author: | Alasdair MacIntyre |
| ISBN: | 9780812697056 |
| Publisher: | Open Court |
| Publication: | August 10, 1999 |
| Imprint: | Open Court |
| Language: | English |
"MacIntyre--one of the foremost ethicists of the past half-century--makes a sustained argument for the cetnrality, in well-lived human lives, of both virtue and local communities of giving and receiving. He criticizes the mainstream of Western ethics, including his own previous position, for not taking seriously the dependent and animal sides of human nature, thereby overemphasizing the powers of reason and the pursuit of reason and the pursuit of autonomy. . . . This important work in ethics is essential for the professional philosopher and is highly readable for students at all levels and for thoughtful citizens." --Choice
"MacIntyre--one of the foremost ethicists of the past half-century--makes a sustained argument for the cetnrality, in well-lived human lives, of both virtue and local communities of giving and receiving. He criticizes the mainstream of Western ethics, including his own previous position, for not taking seriously the dependent and animal sides of human nature, thereby overemphasizing the powers of reason and the pursuit of reason and the pursuit of autonomy. . . . This important work in ethics is essential for the professional philosopher and is highly readable for students at all levels and for thoughtful citizens." --Choice
