MacIntyre, Alasdair

"A man belongs to the tradition he belongs to, and this belonging is constitutive of what he is."

"The virtues that we need if we are to live so that we can resist corruption and the disappearance of humanity are not virtues that are valued or very long transmitted by the modern social order."

"I can only answer the question 'What am I to do?' if I can answer the prior question 'Of what story or stories do I find myself a part?'"

"Dependence on and accountability to particular others in one's community is the norm."

"The good life for man is the life spent in seeking for the good life for man."

"Without narrative, human life itself becomes unintelligible."

"To live is not just to perform discrete acts, but to enact a narrative."

"Virtue is not merely an abstract quality, but is grounded in community and tradition."

"The unity of a human life is the unity of a narrative quest."

"Modern liberalism has lost sight of the concept of virtue."

"Justice is a cardinal virtue that requires understanding the common good."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in the face of fear."

"Wisdom requires the integration of knowledge with virtue."

"Tradition is not chains binding us to the past, but wings enabling our future."

"The practice of philosophy begins in wonder and must retain that sense of wonder."

"A virtuous person is one who has cultivated good habits through practice."

"Education is the formation of the whole person, not merely the transmission of facts."

"Truth is not discovered in isolation but within a community of inquiry."

"The good is not a matter of subjective preference, but an objective reality."

"A good life requires friendship and community."

"Humility is the recognition that our understanding is always incomplete."

"Institutions embody the goods internal to practices and traditions."

"Integrity means having a unified character across different contexts."

"The loss of traditional community has created a crisis of meaning in modern life."

"Freedom without virtue is mere license and leads to chaos."

"Reason must be understood as embodied and embedded in tradition."

"A human being is capable of virtues and vices because he is capable of developing dispositions."

"The good of the whole community cannot be reduced to the sum of individual goods."

"Moral disagreement arises because we inhabit different traditions."

"The virtuous person deliberates well about what conduces to living well."