Alasdair MacIntyre

Alasdair MacIntyre
MacIntyre in 2009
Born
Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre

(1929-01-12)12 January 1929
Glasgow, Scotland
Died21 May 2025(2025-05-21) (aged 96)
Spouses
  • Ann Peri
    (m. 1953; div. 1963)
  • Susan Margery Willans
    (m. 1963; div. 1977)
  • Lynn Sumida Joy
    (m. 1977; died 2025)
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Academic advisorsDorothy Emmet
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DisciplinePhilosophy
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Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre (12 January 1929 – 21 May 2025) was a Scottish-American philosopher who contributed to moral and political philosophy as well as history of philosophy and theology. MacIntyre's After Virtue (1981) is one of the most important works of Anglophone moral and political philosophy in the 20th century. He was a senior research fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Ethics and Politics (CASEP) at London Metropolitan University, emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, and permanent senior distinguished research fellow at the Notre Dame de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture. During his lengthy academic career, he also taught at Brandeis University, Duke University, Vanderbilt University, and Boston University.