| #474858 in Books | Open Court | 2001-05-18 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.47 x.50 x5.49l,.59 | File type: PDF | 180 pages | ||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Great insights into why we need the virtues|By EJTV|Read "After Virtue" first. I have a classical liberal background but with tension with a more communal Thomistic approach which MacIntyre provides. What I particularly like about "Dependent Rational Animals" is how he incorporates an innovative analysis of children and disability as a justification for this communal approach,
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.
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Dependent Rational Animals: Why Human Beings Need the Virtues (The Paul Carus Lectures) | Alasdair MacIntyre.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
