neo-Aristotelianism

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ethical theory tradition philosophical movement

Neo-Aristotelianism is a contemporary philosophical movement that revives and adapts Aristotle’s ideas—especially in ethics, metaphysics, and virtue theory—to address modern philosophical and practical problems.

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neo-Aristotelian ethics 1

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instanceOf ethical theory tradition ⓘ
philosophical movement ⓘ
appliesTo contemporary philosophy ⓘ
argues that flourishing is the standard of moral evaluation ⓘ
that metaphysics underpins ethics ⓘ
that reasons for action are rooted in objective goods ⓘ
that virtues are grounded in human nature ⓘ
develops Aristotelian moral psychology ⓘ
Aristotelian natural law theory ⓘ
virtue epistemology NERFINISHED ⓘ
virtue ethics ⓘ
virtue-based political theory ⓘ
emphasizes dispositions ⓘ
natural kinds ⓘ
powers ⓘ
practical wisdom ⓘ
substance metaphysics ⓘ
teleology ⓘ
thick ethical concepts ⓘ
focusesOn human flourishing ⓘ
moral character ⓘ
practical reasoning ⓘ
virtue ethics ⓘ
hasHistoricalRoot Aristotelian scholasticism NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainInfluence Aristotle NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableProponent Alasdair MacIntyre NERFINISHED ⓘ
David Oderberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Elizabeth Anscombe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iris Murdoch NERFINISHED ⓘ
John McDowell NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kit Fine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Martha Nussbaum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michael Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philippa Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rosalind Hursthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ
isAppliedIn ethics ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of action ⓘ
philosophy of law ⓘ
philosophy of mind ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
isContemporaryFormOf Aristotelianism ⓘ
reactsAgainst Humean moral psychology NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kantian ethics NERFINISHED ⓘ
moral skepticism ⓘ
non-cognitivism in ethics ⓘ
reductive naturalism ⓘ
utilitarianism ⓘ
revives Aristotelian ethics NERFINISHED ⓘ
Aristotelian metaphysics NERFINISHED ⓘ
Aristotelian virtue theory ⓘ
supportsView character-centered ethics ⓘ
moral realism ⓘ
objective human goods ⓘ
practical rationality as reason-responsive ⓘ

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Alasdair MacIntyre → philosophicalSchool → neo-Aristotelianism ⓘ
John McDowell → philosophicalSchool → neo-Aristotelianism ⓘ
this entity surface form: neo-Aristotelian ethics