Alasdair MacIntyre

Alasdair MacIntyre
MacIntyre in 2009
Born
Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre

(1929-01-12) 12 January 1929 (age 95)
Glasgow, Scotland
Alma materQueen Mary College, London
University of Manchester
University of Oxford
Notable workAfter Virtue (1981)
Spouses
  • Ann Peri
    (m. 1953; div. 1963)
  • Susan Margery Willans
    (m. 1963; div. 1977)
  • Lynn Sumida Joy
    (m. 1977)
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
School
Institutions
Academic advisorsDorothy Emmet
Main interests
Notable ideas

Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre (/ˈæləstər ˈmækɪnˌtaɪər/; born 12 January 1929) is a Scottish-American philosopher who has contributed to moral and political philosophy as well as history of philosophy and theology.[1] MacIntyre's After Virtue (1981) is one of the most important works of Anglophone moral and political philosophy in the 20th century.[2] He is senior research fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Ethics and Politics (CASEP) at London Metropolitan University, emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, and permanent senior distinguished research fellow at the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture.[3] During his lengthy academic career, he also taught at Brandeis University, Duke University, Vanderbilt University, and Boston University.

  1. ^ Kelvin Knight, The MacIntyre Reader, Notre Dame Press, 1998, "Interview with Giovanna Borradori," 255–256.
  2. ^ Lackey, 1999, "What Are the Modern Classics? The Baruch Poll of Great Philosophy in the Twentieth Century", The Philosophical Forum, Vol. 30, Issue 4.
  3. ^ Research fellows, Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, archived from the original on 7 January 2018, retrieved 21 May 2016.