Virtue, reason and tradition. A discussion of Alasdair macintyre’s and Martin luther’s views on the foundation of ethics

Neue Zeitschrift für Systematicsche Theologie Und Religionsphilosophie 47 (3):288-305 (2005)
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Alasdair MacIntyre criticises the ethics of modernity as fallacious, and wants it replaced by Aristotelian virtue ethics. He is particularly critical concerning modernity’s non-contextual understanding of reason, and wants to renew the ethical significance of concepts like tradition and context.

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10.1515/nzst.2005.47.3.288

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