Whose Justice? Which Rationality?
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Whose Justice? Which Rationality? is a major work of moral and political philosophy by Alasdair MacIntyre that critiques Enlightenment conceptions of rationality and justice by contrasting them with historically grounded, tradition-based accounts.
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| Whose Justice? Which Rationality? canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophy book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
ethics
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philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
| author | Alasdair MacIntyre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralClaim |
Enlightenment attempts to provide a universal, tradition-independent account of rationality and justice have failed
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conceptions of justice and rationality are tradition-dependent ⓘ rational justification is intelligible only within historically extended traditions of enquiry ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| critiques |
Enlightenment moral philosophy
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foundationalist accounts of rationality ⓘ liberal individualism ⓘ |
| examines |
Aristotelian tradition
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Augustinian tradition ⓘ Humean tradition ⓘ Kantian tradition ⓘ Thomistic tradition ⓘ |
| followedBy | Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | After Virtue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
ethics
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moral philosophy ⓘ philosophy of rationality ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Augustine of Hippo NERFINISHED ⓘ David Hume NERFINISHED ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ Thomas Aquinas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
critique of Enlightenment rationality
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justice ⓘ rationality ⓘ tradition-constituted rationality ⓘ virtue ethics ⓘ |
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continuing the project begun in After Virtue
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developing the concept of tradition-constituted and tradition-constitutive rationality ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Aristotelianism
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Thomism NERFINISHED ⓘ virtue ethics tradition ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
historicity of rational standards
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incommensurability of rival traditions ⓘ narrative understanding of moral traditions ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| publisher | University of Notre Dame Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | divided into four parts ⓘ |
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