Virtue or Autonomy
Alasdair MacIntyre's Critique of Liberal Individualism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6357465 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lewis P Hinchman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 635-654 |
| Publication date | 1989-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3497 • E-ISSN: 1744-1684 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3234717 |
| OpenAlex | W2326820983 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The problem of liberal individualism has drawn much attention from political philosophers. This article probes the writings of Alasdair MacIntyre, particularly After Virtue, for the concept of society and politics that underlie his ethics. The author argues that MacIntyre treats the disorder of moral language as a symptom of deeper social, political, and human disintegration evident in the emergence of the modern autonomous individual. He concludes by offering three claims against MacIntyre: (1) Enlightenment individualism was not just a contingent mistake, as MacIntyre contends; (2) MacIntyre's own arguments are partly compatible with the Enlightenment views he criticizes; and (3) MacIntyre himself tacitly accepts far more of the Enlightenment position than his theories would seem to justify
Autonomy · Enlightenment · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Individualism · Mistake · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Virtue · Virtue ethics · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |