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Born | Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre 12 January 1929 Glasgow, Scotland |
Alma mater | Queen Mary College, London University of Manchester University of Oxford |
Notable work | After Virtue (1981) |
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Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
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Academic advisors | Dorothy Emmet |
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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.