TY - JOUR
T1 - MacIntyre's Moral Theory and the Possibility of an Aretaic Ethics of Teaching
AU - Higgins, Christopher
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2003/5
Y1 - 2003/5
N2 - In this paper, I reconstruct Alasdair MacIntyre's aretaic, practical philosophy, drawing out its implications for professional ethics in general and the practice of teaching in particular. After reviewing the moral theory as a whole, I examine MacIntyre's notion of internal goods. Defined within the context of practices, such goods give us reason to reject the very idea of applied ethics. Being goods for the practitioner, they suggest that the eudaimonia of the practitioner is central to professional ethics. In this way, MacIntyre's moral theory helps us recover the untimely question, how does teaching contribute to the flourishing of the teacher?
AB - In this paper, I reconstruct Alasdair MacIntyre's aretaic, practical philosophy, drawing out its implications for professional ethics in general and the practice of teaching in particular. After reviewing the moral theory as a whole, I examine MacIntyre's notion of internal goods. Defined within the context of practices, such goods give us reason to reject the very idea of applied ethics. Being goods for the practitioner, they suggest that the eudaimonia of the practitioner is central to professional ethics. In this way, MacIntyre's moral theory helps us recover the untimely question, how does teaching contribute to the flourishing of the teacher?
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U2 - 10.1111/1467-9752.00326
DO - 10.1111/1467-9752.00326
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0141991783
VL - 37
SP - 279
EP - 292
JO - Journal of Philosophy of Education
JF - Journal of Philosophy of Education
SN - 0309-8249
IS - 2
ER -