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Philosophers. Catholicism portal. Philosophy portal. v. t. e. Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre ( / ˈæləstər ˈmækɪnˌtaɪər /; born 12 January 1929) is a Scottish-American philosopher who has contributed to moral and political philosophy as well as history of philosophy and theology. [1]
MacIntyre has played an important role in the renewal of Aristotelian ethics and politics in the last three decades, and has made a valued contribution to the advancement of Thomistic philosophy. Table of Contents. Life. Prefatory Comment on “Modern Liberal Individualism” Development since 1951.
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Whirligig (published by Short Books in April 2013, priced £7.99) is Magnus Macintyre's first novel, and is a wind-farming comedy. He is also the founder and a non-executive director of the Wind Energy group of companies.
Magnus Macintyre grew up in suburban Oxford and rural Argyll, and then studied history at Jesus College, Cambridge. He has been a serial entrepreneur in UK magazine publishing, film, television, and wind farming, with varying degrees of success.
Apr 1, 2013 · Magnus Macintyre. 3.35. 119 ratings15 reviews. Claypole is not ‘a large man’. He is a fat man. A fat man with thin limbs, like an egg with tentacles. And life is not going well. He’s alone, idle, and on the brink of a medical crisis when a childhood acquaintance makes him an offer he can’t understand, can’t talk about, but ultimately can’t refuse.
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His first book, Marxism: An Interpretation, followed in 1953. Since then, he has written or edited nearly twenty books and hundreds of articles and book reviews on a wide range of subjects, including theology, Marxism, the nature of rationality, metaphysics, and the history of philosophy and ethics.
Jan 1, 2023 · Born in Scotland in 1929, the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre is frequently characterized as one of the key figures responsible for revitalizing the virtue ethics tradition in late twentieth-century moral philosophy.
