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Alasdair MacIntyre

The philosopher who rebuilt virtue ethics — Notre Dame (1929-2025)

University of Notre Dame (emeritus) · Scotland / United States · d. 12 January 1929 — 21 May 2025

The Scottish philosopher who argued in After Virtue that the modern moral vocabulary had fragmented, and who returned Aristotelian virtue ethics to the agenda. He died on 21 May 2025, aged 96.

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Life: 12 January 1929 — 21 May 2025
Country: Scotland / United States
Period: 20th century - 21st century
School: Virtue ethics, Neo-Aristotelianism, Thomism
Affiliation: University of Notre Dame (emeritus)
Areas: Moral philosophy, Political philosophy, History of philosophy
Major works: After Virtue (1981)
Whose Justice? Which Rationality? (1988)
Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry (1990)
Dependent Rational Animals (1999)
Key concepts: Virtue, Practice, Narrative unity, Tradition, Critique of emotivism
Sources: Alasdair MacIntyre (1929-2025) — Daily Nous

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Alasdair MacIntyre's legacy: why did virtue ethics come back?

The author of After Virtue died in 2025 at the age of 96. His thesis that the modern moral vocabulary is a heap of unintelligible fragments is still being argued over.

Alasdair MacIntyre

Newsroom·20 August 2026