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Whose Justice? Which Rationality?

Alasdair MacIntyre

“MacIntyre is widely informed and his story of developments in the traditions that he identifies is learned, interesting, and notably well-written” — London Review of Books

“Alastair MacIntyre has done it again. Here [he] delivers on his promise in After Virtue to develop an account of rationality and justice that is tradition specific. . . . What is so remarkable about MacIntyre’s achievement is his ability to combine close historical analysis with philosophical argumentation while never losing his narrative line. . . . His analysis illumines our situation in an extraordinary manner.” — Commonweal

“MacIntyre is a master of the history of ideas. . . . [He] helps us to understand why so many people are stymied today in articulating beliefs that underlie their traditions of inquiry, practice, and public discourse.” — Commentary

“[MacIntyre’s] diagnosis of what ails recent moral philosophy is brilliant.” — Wilson Quarterly

“MacIntyre’s rich historical exposition displays all the erudition and philosophical subtlety that his readers have come to expect from his work. . . . there is much to admire in MacIntyre’s unflinching indictment of liberal modernity.” — The New Criterion

Alasdair MacIntyre is research professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of numerous books, including After Virtue, A Short History of Ethics, and Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry: Encyclopaedia, Genealogy, and Tradition, also published by the University of Notre Dame Press.

Reviews

“It is a step in the right direction, not of returning to some Catholic version of fundamentalist bibliotary, but of reading a Christian theologian and philosopher whose immense wisdom repays careful study by Christians and non-Christians alike.”—New Oxford Review