Whose Justice? Which Rationality?

Alasdair C. MacIntyre

ISBN 10: 0268019428 / ISBN 13: 9780268019426

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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Whose Justice? Which Rationality?
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0268019428
• ISBN 13: 9780268019426
• Binding: Hardcover/Hardback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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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.

About the Author

Alasdair MacIntyre is Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Ethics and Politics at London Metropolitan University and Rev John A. O'Brien Senior Research Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of numerous books, including After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory, 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.