Whose Justice? Which Rationality? - Softcover

Alasdair MacIntyre

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0268019444 ISBN 13: 9780268019440

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press, 1988

Synopsis

Whose Justice? Which Rationality?, the sequel to After Virtue, is a persuasive argument of there not being rationality that is not the rationality of some tradition. MacIntyre examines the problems presented by the existence of rival traditions of inquiry in the cases of four major philosophers: Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, and Hume.

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Review:

"Alasdair MacIntyre has done it again. Here [he] delivers on his promise in After Virtue to develop an account of rationality and justice that is tradition specific. . . . What is so remarkable about MacIntyre's achievement is his ability to combine close historical analysis with philosophical argumentation while never losing his narrative line. . . . His analysis illumines our situation in an extraordinary manner."--Commonweal

About the Author:

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 (Notre Dame Press, 2007) and Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry: Encyclopaedia, Genealogy, and Tradition (Notre Dame Press, 1990).

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0268019444
• ISBN 13: 9780268019440
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432