Alasdair MacIntyre

Alasdair MacIntyre
Alasdair MacIntyre
	MacIntyre in 2009
Born	Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre; 12 January 1929 (age 95); Glasgow, Scotland
Alma mater	Queen Mary College, London; University of Manchester; University of Oxford
Notable work	After Virtue (1981)
Spouses	Ann Peri (m. 1953; div. 1963); Susan Margery Willans (m. 1963; div. 1977); Lynn Sumida Joy (m. 1977);
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy; Aristotelianism; Aretaic turn; Thomism;
Institutions	Brandeis University; Boston University; Wellesley College; Vanderbilt University; University of Notre Dame; Duke University;
Academic advisors	Dorothy Emmet
Main interests	Ethics; metaethics; history of ethics; social philosophy ; political philosophy;
Notable ideas	Revival of virtue ethics; internal and external goods; rationality of traditions; predecessor culture;

Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre (/ˈæləstər ˈmækɪnˌtaɪər/; born 12 January 1929) is a Scottish-American philosopher who has contributed to moral and political philosophy as well as history of philosophy and theology.^[1] MacIntyre's After Virtue (1981) is one of the most important works of Anglophone moral and political philosophy in the 20th century.^[2] He is 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 Center for Ethics and Culture.^[3] During his lengthy academic career, he also taught at Brandeis University, Duke University, Vanderbilt University, and Boston University.

^ 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.

Alasdair MacIntyre
MacIntyre in 2009
Born	Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre (1929-01-12) 12 January 1929 (age 95) Glasgow, Scotland
Alma mater	Queen Mary College, London University of Manchester University of Oxford
Notable work	After Virtue (1981)
Spouses	Ann Peri (m. 1953; div. 1963) Susan Margery Willans (m. 1963; div. 1977) Lynn Sumida Joy (m. 1977)

Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy Aristotelianism Aretaic turn Thomism
Institutions	Brandeis University Boston University Wellesley College Vanderbilt University University of Notre Dame Duke University
Academic advisors	Dorothy Emmet
Main interests	Ethics metaethics history of ethics social philosophy political philosophy
Notable ideas	Revival of virtue ethics internal and external goods rationality of traditions predecessor culture