Dependent Rational Animals: Why Human Beings Need the Virtues

Alasdair MacIntyre

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Book cover for Dependent Rational Animals: Why Human Beings Need the Virtues

Dependent Rational Animals: Why Human Beings Need the Virtues

Dependent Rational Animals: Why Human Beings Need the Virtues

Alasdair MacIntyre

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To flourish, humans need to develop virtues of independent thought and acknowledged social dependence. In this book, a leading moral philosopher presents a comparison of humans to other animals and explores the impact of these virtues.

Publishing Information

Publisher: Open Court
Pub date: 2001-05-18
Length: 180 pages

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