Whose Justice? Which Rationality?
Language: English
Published by University of Notre Dame Press, 1988
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Slight tear to dust jacket. Penciling on publishers page. 1988 true first edition first printing. Is there any cause or war worth risking one's life for? How can we determine which actions are vices and which virtues? MacIntyre professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt University unravels these and other such questions by linking the concept of justice to what he calls practical rationality. He rejects the grab-what-you-can utilitarian yardstick adopted by moral relativists. Instead he argues that four wholly different incompatible ideas of justice put forth by Aristotle Augustine Aquinas and Hume have helped shape our modern individualistic world. In his unorthodox view each person seeks the good through an ongoing dialogue with one of these traditions or within Jewish non-Western or other historical traditions. This weighty sequel to After Virtue 1981 is certain to stir debate. | Pages: 440.
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- Title
- Whose Justice? Which Rationality?
- Author
- Alasdair C. MacIntyre
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Publication year
- 1988
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover/Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0268019428
- ISBN 13
- 9780268019426
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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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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.
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