Name: Ethics in the Conflicts of Modernity: An Essay on Desire, Practical Reasoning, and Narrative
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Author: MacIntyre, Alasdair
ISBN: 9781107176454

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Ethics in the Conflicts of Modernity: An Essay on Desire, Practical Reasoning, and Narrative

Type

Physical Book

Author

Alasdair MacIntyre

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2016

Language

English

Pages

332

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9781107176454

Synopsis "Ethics in the Conflicts of Modernity: An Essay on Desire, Practical Reasoning, and Narrative "

Alasdair MacIntyre explores some central philosophical, political and moral claims of modernity and argues that a proper understanding of human goods requires a rejection of these claims. In a wide-ranging discussion, he considers how normative and evaluative judgments are to be understood, how desire and practical reasoning are to be characterized, what it is to have adequate self-knowledge, and what part narrative plays in our understanding of human lives. He asks, further, what it would be to understand the modern condition from a neo-Aristotelian or Thomistic perspective, and argues that Thomistic Aristotelianism, informed by Marx's insights, provides us with resources for constructing a contemporary politics and ethics which both enable and require us to act against modernity from within modernity. This rich and important book builds on and advances MacIntyre's thinking in ethics and moral philosophy, and will be of great interest to readers in both fields.

Alasdair MacIntyre

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Alasdair MacIntyre (Glasgow, Scotland, January 12, 1929) is a prestigious Scottish philosopher, widely known for his critical analyses of contemporary moral thought and his advocacy of Aristotelian ethics and community traditions. With a PhD in philosophy, MacIntyre gained prominence with the publication of After Virtue, a fundamental work that marked a before and after in moral philosophy, promoting the recovery of virtues in the ethical and social spheres. Throughout his career, he has been a professor at prominent universities in Europe and the United States, also contributing as the author of numerous works that address everything from Marxism and the Christian tradition to critiques of the Enlightenment. His thought, characterized by deep scholarship and an unusual ability to engage with various philosophical currents, positions him as an influential figure in contemporary philosophy.

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