Dependent Rational Animals
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Dependent Rational Animals is a philosophical work by Alasdair MacIntyre that argues for an ethics grounded in human vulnerability, dependence, and our nature as rational, social animals.
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| Dependent Rational Animals canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst |
abstract accounts of rational agency
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autonomous individualism in ethics ⓘ |
| arguesFor |
conception of humans as dependent rational animals
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ethics grounded in human dependence ⓘ ethics grounded in human vulnerability ⓘ |
| author | Alasdair MacIntyre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continuesArgumentFrom |
After Virtue
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Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry NERFINISHED ⓘ Whose Justice? Which Rationality? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
continuities between humans and other animals
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embodied and social character of rationality ⓘ importance of care and dependency relations ⓘ role of communities in moral formation ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
conditions for the exercise of rational agency
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moral significance of human and animal vulnerabilities ⓘ social and institutional support for the virtues ⓘ |
| genre |
ethics
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philosophy ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
dependent rational animal
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narrative unity of a life ⓘ practices of giving and receiving care ⓘ virtues of acknowledged dependence ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Thomas Aquinas NERFINISHED ⓘ contemporary disability studies ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
animality
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disability and dependence ⓘ human dependence ⓘ human nature ⓘ human vulnerability ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ practical rationality ⓘ social practices ⓘ virtue ethics ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Aristotelianism
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Thomism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposes |
ethics attentive to disability, childhood, and old age
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revised account of the virtues ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
After Virtue
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Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry NERFINISHED ⓘ Whose Justice? Which Rationality? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setsInContext | human rationality within animal life-forms ⓘ |
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