Whose justice which rationality pdf

In this Book. Additional Information. MacIntyre examines the problems presented by the existence of rival traditions of inquiry in the cases of four major philosophers: Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, and Hume. Table of Contents. Cover Download Save contents. Half-title, Title, Copyright, Dedication pp. Contents pp. Preface Alasdair MacIntyre pp. I Rival Justices, Competing Rationalities pp.

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Which Rationality? Virtues and Consequences 4. The Just War Tradition 5. Virtues 7. Virtuous Consequentialism Part Two: War 8. The Protean Nature of War 9. Extreme Times, Extreme Measures Gulf Wars Humanitarian Intervention Virtuous Consequentialism 8. But by insisting that it was the political expediency of Augustine's teaching on original sin that caused it to catch on pp. Which Rationality? One part of the Enlightenment project, for the past years or so, has been to reach assured foundations for both thought and action.

Thus Descartes, near the beginning of this project, insisted on starting with propositions which are clearly and distinctly true and on suspending commitment to any received wisdom. From this untainted beginning , the ,thinker could build the edifice of thought and culture securely. Ordinary people might not maintain such purity; but, so influential has this image been in Western history, that even today we take the scientist and the philosopher as critical inquirers unbound by ties of tradition.

Alasdair Maclntyre's Whose Justice? Maclntyre's title indicates the scope as well as the direction of his argument.

When questions of justice arise, that is, questions about the relationships of people with each other, about the apportioning of the goods of society and so on, they cannot be answered without reversing the question, without asking about the society in which the question BOOK REVIEWS arises.

To a great extent, the deeper question can only he answered from within that society with all of its givens. Sorting out the claims and counter-claims requires us to put them in the context of tradition.