Alasdair MacIntyre

Alasdair MacIntyre
Alasdair MacIntyre
	MacIntyre in 2009
Born	Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre; 12 January 1929; Glasgow, Scotland
Died	21 May 2025 (aged 96); South Bend, Indiana, US
Spouses	Ann Peri (m. 1953; div. 1963); Susan Margery Willans (m. 1963; div. 1977); Lynn Sumida Joy (m. 1977; died 2025);
Academic background
Alma mater	Queen Mary College, London; University of Manchester; University of Oxford;
Academic advisors	Dorothy Emmet
Influences	G. E. M. Anscombe; Aristotle; Augustine; Karl Barth; R. G. Collingwood; G. W. F. Hegel; Søren Kierkegaard; Thomas Kuhn; Imre Lakatos; Karl Marx; Albert Murray; John Henry Newman; Friedrich Nietzsche; Edith Stein; Thomas Aquinas; Ludwig Wittgenstein;
Academic work
Discipline	Philosophy
School or tradition	Analytic philosophy; Aristotelianism; aretaic turn; communitarianism; Thomism;
Institutions	Brandeis University; Boston University; Wellesley College; Vanderbilt University; University of Notre Dame; Duke University;
Main interests	Ethics; metaethics; history of ethics; social philosophy ; political philosophy;
Notable works	After Virtue (1981); Whose Justice? Which Rationality? (1988);
Notable ideas	Revival of virtue ethics; internal and external goods; rationality of traditions; predecessor culture;
Influenced	Edward Feser; Stanley Hauerwas; postliberal theology; radical orthodoxy; Christian Smith;

Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre^[a] (12 January 1929 – 21 May 2025) was a Scottish-American philosopher who contributed to moral and political philosophy as well as history of philosophy and theology.^[2] MacIntyre's After Virtue (1981) is one of the most important works of Anglophone moral and political philosophy in the 20th century.^[3] He was a 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 de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture.^[4] During his lengthy academic career, he also taught at Brandeis University, Duke University, Vanderbilt University, and Boston University.

^ "Christian Smith". Science of Generosity. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
^ Kelvin Knight, The MacIntyre Reader, Notre Dame Press, 1998, "Interview with Giovanna Borradori," 255–256.
^ Lackey, 1999, "What Are the Modern Classics? The Baruch Poll of Great Philosophy in the Twentieth Century", The Philosophical Forum, Vol. 30, Issue 4.
^ Research fellows, Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, archived from the original on 7 January 2018, retrieved 21 May 2016.

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[1] "Christian Smith". Science of Generosity. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame. Retrieved 29 May 2019.

[3] Kelvin Knight, The MacIntyre Reader, Notre Dame Press, 1998, "Interview with Giovanna Borradori," 255–256.

[4] Lackey, 1999, "What Are the Modern Classics? The Baruch Poll of Great Philosophy in the Twentieth Century", The Philosophical Forum, Vol. 30, Issue 4.

[fellows-5] Research fellows, Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, archived from the original on 7 January 2018, retrieved 21 May 2016.

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Alasdair MacIntyre
MacIntyre in 2009
Born	Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre (1929-01-12)12 January 1929 Glasgow, Scotland
Died	21 May 2025(2025-05-21) (aged 96) South Bend, Indiana, US
Spouses	Ann Peri (m. 1953; div. 1963) Susan Margery Willans (m. 1963; div. 1977) Lynn Sumida Joy (m. 1977; died 2025)

Academic background
Alma mater	Queen Mary College, London University of Manchester University of Oxford
Academic advisors	Dorothy Emmet
Influences	G. E. M. Anscombe Aristotle Augustine Karl Barth R. G. Collingwood G. W. F. Hegel Søren Kierkegaard Thomas Kuhn Imre Lakatos Karl Marx Albert Murray John Henry Newman Friedrich Nietzsche Edith Stein Thomas Aquinas Ludwig Wittgenstein
Academic work
Discipline	Philosophy
School or tradition	Analytic philosophy Aristotelianism aretaic turn communitarianism Thomism
Institutions	Brandeis University Boston University Wellesley College Vanderbilt University University of Notre Dame Duke University
Main interests	Ethics metaethics history of ethics social philosophy political philosophy
Notable works	After Virtue (1981) Whose Justice? Which Rationality? (1988)
Notable ideas	Revival of virtue ethics internal and external goods rationality of traditions predecessor culture
Influenced	Edward Feser Stanley Hauerwas postliberal theology radical orthodoxy Christian Smith^[1]