Dependent rational animals
Subtitle: why human beings need the virtues
By: Alasdair MacIntyre.
Series: The Paul Carus lecture series ;; 20; Paul Carus lectures ;; 20th ser.
Publisher: Open Court
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: Ethics; Virtues
Description: "The overall argument of this book presupposes the truth of certain contentious philosophical theses: that human identity is primarily an animal identity, that understanding the resemblance between human beings and some other types of intelligent animals is a necessary prerequisite for also understanding how they differ, that human flourishing requires the exercise of certain types of virtue, and that it is only within a certain type of local political community that those virtues can be developed and sustained. The latter part of this book is directed to the discussion and defence of these theses."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes index.