Whose Justice? - Which Rationality? - Hardcover

MacIntyre, Alasdair

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 071562198X ISBN 13: 9780715621981

Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, 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

"MacIntyre is widely informed and his story of developments in the traditions that he identifies is learned, interesting, and notably well-written." --London Review of Books
"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
"MacIntyre is a master of the history of ideas. . . . [He] helps us to understand why so many people are stymied today in articulating beliefs that underlie their traditions of inquiry, practice, and public discourse." --Commentary
"[MacIntyre's] diagnosis of what ails recent moral philosophy is brilliant." --Wilson Quarterly
"MacIntyre's rich historical exposition displays all the erudition and philosophical subtlety that his readers have come to expect from his work. . . . [T]here is much to admire in MacIntyre's unflinching indictment of liberal modernity." --The New Criterion

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, A Short History of Ethics, and Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry: Encyclopaedia, Genealogy, and Tradition, all published by the University of Notre Dame Press.

Edition details

• Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 071562198X
• ISBN 13: 9780715621981
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 424