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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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor: Marques, Márcia Pereira
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2009
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Repositório:Argumentos : Revista de Filosofia (Online)
Idioma:português
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufc:article/18916
Acesso em linha:http://periodicos.ufc.br/argumentos/article/view/18916
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:MacIntyre. Racionalidade. Tradições morais. Hermenêutica.
MacIntyre. Rationality. Moral traditions. Hermeneutic.
Descrição
Resumo: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.