Alasdair MacIntyre
Scottish-born philosopher (1929 to 2025); author of After Virtue (1981).
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Contemporary moral debate is marked by disagreements that never end
The most striking feature of contemporary moral utterance is that so much of it is used to express disagreements; and the most striking feature of the debates in which these disagreements are expressed is their interminable character.
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Contemporary moral debate is marked by disagreements that never end
The most striking feature of contemporary moral utterance is that so much of it is used to express disagreements; and the most striking feature of the debates in which these disagreements are expressed is their interminable character.
After Virtue (University of Notre Dame Press, 1981) Said c. 1981
We need local communities that can sustain moral and intellectual life through a new dark age
What matters at this stage is the construction of local forms of community within which civility and the intellectual and moral life can be sustained through the new dark ages which are already upon us.
After Virtue (University of Notre Dame Press, 1981) Said c. 1981
The barbarians are not at the frontiers; they have been governing us for some time
This time however the barbarians are not waiting beyond the frontiers; they have already been governing us for quite some time.
After Virtue (University of Notre Dame Press, 1981) Said c. 1981
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There are no natural human rights; believing in them is like believing in witches and unicorns
there are no such rights, and belief in them is one with belief in witches and in unicorns.
After Virtue (University of Notre Dame Press, 1981) Said c. 1981
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