Recognizing the Importance of MacIntyre - First Things

Renowned philosopher and Catholic convert Alasdair MacIntyre dies at 96

Alasdair MacIntyre in March 2009. / Credit: Sean O’Connor/Flickr via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0) CNA Staff, May 23, 2025 / 16:30 pm (CNA). Alasdair MacIntyre, a towering figure in moral philosophy and a Catholic convert credited with reviving the dis... [...]

Recognizing the Importance of MacIntyre - First Things

The death of Alasdair MacIntyre at the age of ninety-six is neither unexpected nor tragic. His close friend and colleague David Solomon, upon whom (together with David’s wife “Lou”)...

Renowned Philosopher and Catholic Convert Alasdair MacIntyre Dies at 96

Alasdair MacIntyre in March 2009 The towering figure in moral philosophy, who was credited with reviving the discipline of virtue ethics, died on May 21. MacIntyre’s striking intellect, razor-sharp wit, and exacting teaching profoundly influenced generations of students and academics.

Renowned philosopher and Catholic convert Alasdair MacIntyre dies at 96 - Catholic Canada

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Alasdair MacIntyre, renowned Catholic moral philosopher who wrote “After Virtue,” dies at 96

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — In the Flannery O’Connor short story “Good Country People,” a mother ruefully wishes her offspring had chosen another career path than philosophy because, “You could not say, ‘My daughter is a philosopher.’ That was something that had ended with the Greeks and Romans.”But Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre (1929-2025) was indeed a modern philosopher and his study of virtue-based ethics saw Newsweek dub him in 1981 as “one of the fore…