Alasdair MacIntyre and the defense of the rational research conception implicit in moral traditions

The historical traditions have been sources of inspiration and renewal for a growing number of contemporary philosophers. Alasdair MacIntyre is amongst those who intend to rescue the epistemic value of moral traditions by defending that there is no practical rationality outside them. Therefore, he o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Marques, Márcia Pereira
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Repositorio:Argumentos : Revista de Filosofia (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufc:article/18916
Acceso en línea:http://periodicos.ufc.br/argumentos/article/view/18916
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:MacIntyre. Racionalidade. Tradições morais. Hermenêutica.
MacIntyre. Rationality. Moral traditions. Hermeneutic.
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Sumario:The historical traditions have been sources of inspiration and renewal for a growing number of contemporary philosophers. Alasdair MacIntyre is amongst those who intend to rescue the epistemic value of moral traditions by defending that there is no practical rationality outside them. Therefore, he opposes the negative view of traditions proposed by the philosophers of the Enlightenment and explores moral concepts against their historical backgrounds.