Alasdair MacIntyre

Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre (12 January 1929 – 21 May 2025) was a Scottish philosopher. He was best known for work on moral and political philosophy. He was also known for his work in history of philosophy and theology. He was Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Ethics and Politics (CASEP) at London Metropolitan University, and an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland.

Alasdair MacIntyre
MacIntyre in 2009
Born	Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre (1929-01-12)12 January 1929 Glasgow, Scotland
Died	21 May 2025(2025-05-21) (aged 96) South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
Alma mater	Queen Mary College, London University of Manchester University of Oxford
Notable work	After Virtue (1981)
Spouses	Ann Peri ​ ​ (m. 1953; div. 1963)​ Susan Margery Willans ​ ​ (m. 1963; div. 1977)​ Lynn Sumida Joy ​ (m. 1977)​
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy Aristotelianism Aretaic turn Thomism
Institutions	Brandeis University Boston University Wellesley College Vanderbilt University University of Notre Dame Duke University
Academic advisors	Dorothy Emmet
Main interests	Ethics metaethics history of ethics social philosophy   political philosophy
Notable ideas	Revival of virtue ethics internal and external goods rationality of traditions predecessor culture

MacIntyre died on 21 May 2025 in South Bend, Indiana at the age of 96.^[1][2]

Works

• After Virtue (1981)
• Whose Justice? Which Rationality? (1988)
• Three Rival Versions of Moral Inquiry (1990)
• Dependent Rational Animals (1999)