![]() ![]() The first part will deal with a conceptual analysis of the term practice which is central to MacIntyre’s understanding of virtue, that is, with the problem that practice seeks to provide a response to, its key elements, and a look at its philosophical-historical sources. The goal of this dissertation is principally to answer the following question: how does MacIntyre’s unique understanding of virtue, particularly situated within his concept of practice, both solve the problem of moral incommensurability and withstand key objections that have been leveled against it? To achieve this, the structure of this work will be divided into three parts. Since After Virtue, MacIntyre has maintained his central proposals, while his candid openness to criticism has led to revisions of many aspects of his theory. First published in 1981, it proposes a return to Aristotle amid the incommensurability and fragmentation of contemporary moral theory. ![]() His seminal work After Virtue provided a tremendous impulse in this direction. ![]() ![]() Alasdair MacIntyre has been at the forefront of the resurging interest in virtue theory. ![]()
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