Dependent Rational Animals: Why Human Beings Need the Virtues - Softcover

MacIntyre, Alasdair

 
9780715638606: Dependent Rational Animals: Why Human Beings Need the Virtues
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0715638602 ISBN 13: 9780715638606
Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

Where should an account of the virtues begin? In this book, Alasdair MacIntyre argues that we should begin with those facts of vulnerability and disability, and of consequent dependence on others.

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Review

'Alasdair MacIntyre ... is the ultimate iconoclast of contemporary Western culture' Brenda Almond, Times Higher Education Supplement. 'MacIntyre offers us here a profound and timely reflection on the complex interaction between independence and dependence in human life. The book will be read with profit not only by professional philosophers, but by anyone who is concerned about the marginalization of the needy and vulnerable in today's society' Jean Porter, The Tablet.

About the Author

Alasdair MacIntyre is Research Professor of Philosophy at Notre Dame University, USA.

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Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0715638602
ISBN 13 
9780715638606
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
188

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