Charles II once invited the members of the Royal Society to explain to him why a dead fish weighs more than the same fish alive; a number of subtle explanations were offered to him. He then pointed out that it does not.
What this brings out is that modern politics cannot be a matter of genuine moral consensus. And it is not. Modern politics is civil war carried on by… - Alasdair Macintyre
What this brings out is that modern politics cannot be a matter of genuine moral consensus. And it is not. Modern politics is civil war carried on by…
- Alasdair Macintyre
Christians have given atheists less and less in which to disbelieve - Alasdair Macintyre
Christians have given atheists less and less in which to disbelieve
[M]odern society is indeed often, at least in surface appearance, nothing but a collection of strangers, each pursuing his or her own interests under… - Alasdair Macintyre
[M]odern society is indeed often, at least in surface appearance, nothing but a collection of strangers, each pursuing his or her own interests under…
It is through hearing stories about wicked stepmothers, lost children, good but misguided kings, wolves that suckle twin boys, youngest sons who rece… - Alasdair Macintyre
It is through hearing stories about wicked stepmothers, lost children, good but misguided kings, wolves that suckle twin boys, youngest sons who rece…
The good life for man is the life spent in seeking for the good life for man, and the virtues necessary for the seeking are those which will enable u… - Alasdair Macintyre
The good life for man is the life spent in seeking for the good life for man, and the virtues necessary for the seeking are those which will enable u…
What matters at this stage is the construction of local forms of community within which civility and the intellectual and moral life can be sustained… - Alasdair Macintyre
What matters at this stage is the construction of local forms of community within which civility and the intellectual and moral life can be sustained…
At the foundation of moral thinking lie beliefs in statements the truth of which no further reason can be given. - Alasdair Macintyre
At the foundation of moral thinking lie beliefs in statements the truth of which no further reason can be given.
Facts, like telescopes and wigs for gentlemen, were a seventeenth century invention. - Alasdair Macintyre
Facts, like telescopes and wigs for gentlemen, were a seventeenth century invention.
A crucial turning point in that earlier history occurred when men and women of good will turned aside from the task of shoring up the Roman imperium … - Alasdair Macintyre
A crucial turning point in that earlier history occurred when men and women of good will turned aside from the task of shoring up the Roman imperium …
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