Scholar

Alasdair MacIntyre

1929–2025 · Argued almost any maxim can be universalised with clever wording.

Biography

Alasdair MacIntyre, a virtue ethicist, criticised Kant on the ground that maxims can be framed so that almost anything is universalisable.

Key Ideas

  • Critique of Kantian universalisability.
  • Revival of virtue ethics (After Virtue).

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Exam Importance

A strong AO2 critic of the categorical imperative.