What are virtues according to MacIntyre?

Any quality within a practice which is essential for achieving or sustaining practices of different kinds is a virtue, according to MacIntyre. Virtues function as a kind of glue binding people together in every practice by being, or functioning as, an overall good.

How does MacIntyre describe the relationship between practices and institutions?

MacIntyre distinguishes institutions from practices in terms of the ends sought by each. Practices are characterized as having internal goods and standards of excellence appropriate to the activity.

What did MacIntyre argue about in his book After virtue?

Ancient and medieval ethics, argues MacIntyre, relied wholly on the teleological idea that human life had a proper end or character, and that human beings could not reach this natural end without preparation.

Why does MacIntyre think that the Enlightenment project has failed us?

MacIntyre thinks that any such justificatory project must fail. It will fail because there is an “ineradicable discrepancy between their shared conception of moral rules” and what they all shared in their conception of human nature (50).

Where does MacIntyre agree with Aristotle?

Money has a role to play in the virtuous life; there are certain virtues, such as generosity, which are impossible or at least very difficult to carry out without money – here MacIntyre agrees with Aristotle. But a life spent pursuing money is a wasted life, as far as MacIntyre is concerned.

What is tradition MacIntyre?

For MacIntyre a tradition is an argument extended through time in which certain fundamental agreements are defined and redefined both by those inside the tradition and in communication with those outside of it. Reason refers to “the standards of justification and exemplars of reasoning within a tradition” (98).

Which virtue does Philippa Foot identify as benefiting community rather than self?

Which virtue does Philippa Foot identify as benefiting community rather than self? The virtue of courage should enable one to face danger. The end to which all things aim.

When was after virtue first published?

1981After Virtue / Originally published