A Critique of MacIntyrean Morality From a Kantian Perspective

Krishna Mani Pathak

SAGE Open, 2014, vol. 4, issue 2, 2158244014531585

Abstract: This article is a critical examination of MacIntyre’s notion of morality in reference to Kant’s deontological moral theory. The examination shows that MacIntyre (a) criticizes Kant’s moral theory to defend virtue ethics or neo-Aristotelian ethics with a weak notion of morality; (b) favors the idea of local morality, which does not leave any room for moral assessment and reciprocity in an intercultural domain; and (c) fails to provide good arguments for his moral historicism and against Kant’s moral universalism.

Keywords: moral historicism; deontological; universalizability; cultural; Enlightenment; Virtue (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1177/2158244014531585

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