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Political Economy, Institutions and Virtue Alasdair MacIntyre’s Revolutionary Aristotelianism
By Matías Petersen
Copyright 2024
136 Pages
by
Routledge
136 Pages
by
Routledge
136 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book engages with a radical critique of the modern state and the contemporary economic order: Alasdair MacIntyre’s ‘revolutionary Aristotelianism’ project. Central to this critique is the idea that the moral norms that markets and states tend to reproduce or reinforce are an obstacle to the development of practical judgement. The book outlines MacIntyre’s theory of practical reason and... Read more
1. Introduction 2. MacIntyre’s moral philosophy 3. MacIntyre’s revolutionary Aristotelianism 4. Practice-embodying institutions: Two proposals 5. Towards a ‘robust’ revolutionary Aristotelianism 6. Polycentric social orders for revolutionary Aristotelians
Biography
Matías Petersen teaches political economy and philosophy of the social sciences at University of the Andes, Chile. His work combines elements of economic theory and moral philosophy and has published on rational choice theory, institutional design, and the work of thinkers such as Amartya Sen, F.A. Hayek, and James Buchanan.
