Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry
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Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry is a philosophical work by Alasdair MacIntyre that compares and critiques encyclopaedic, genealogical, and traditional approaches to moral reasoning and justification.
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| Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
non-fiction book
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philosophical book ⓘ |
| addresses |
crisis of moral authority in modernity
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modern moral philosophy ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst | ahistorical conceptions of rationality ⓘ |
| arguesFor |
historically situated rationality
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tradition-dependent standards of rational justification ⓘ |
| author | Alasdair MacIntyre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
encyclopaedia
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genealogy ⓘ tradition ⓘ |
| compares |
encyclopaedic approach to moral enquiry
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genealogical approach to moral enquiry ⓘ traditional approach to moral enquiry ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| critiques |
encyclopaedic approach to moral enquiry
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genealogical approach to moral enquiry ⓘ |
| defends | tradition-constituted rationality ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
rival conceptions of moral justification
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rival conceptions of rationality ⓘ role of tradition in moral enquiry ⓘ |
| genre |
ethics
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moral philosophy ⓘ philosophy of morality ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analysis of Nietzschean genealogy
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analysis of Thomistic-Aristotelian tradition ⓘ analysis of the Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Enlightenment moral philosophy ⓘ Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ Thomas Aquinas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
moral enquiry
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moral justification ⓘ moral reasoning ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
meta-ethics
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moral epistemology ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Aristotelianism
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Thomism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
After Virtue
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Whose Justice? Which Rationality? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
professional philosophers
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students of ethics ⓘ students of moral philosophy ⓘ |
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