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To flourish, humans need to develop virtues of independent thought and acknowledged social dependence. In this book, a leading moral philosopher presents a comparison of humans to other animals and explores the impact of these virtues.
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Alasdair MacIntyre is currently Arts and Sciences Professor of Philosophy at Duke University.
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This book represents a "revised and expanded version" of the 20th installment of the prestigious Paul Carus Lectures. -- International Studies in Philosophy, 2005
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