MacIntyre, Alasdair

"The modern fragmentation of values reflects a fragmentation in our understanding of human nature."

"Compassion is the ability to enter imaginatively into the narrative of another's suffering."

"A good person is one who has mastered their appetites and desires through virtue."

"The loss of metaphysics has impoverished our moral language."

"Tradition is alive only when it is continually reinterpreted in light of new challenges."

"The virtuous person takes pleasure in virtuous action itself."

"Justice as fairness cannot replace justice understood as giving each their due."

"The concept of progress requires a telos, an end toward which we are moving."

"Self-control is not the suppression of desire but the proper ordering of desire."

"A narrative is intelligible only within a tradition of narrative interpretation."

"The modern university has lost sight of the unity of knowledge."

"Moral relativism becomes incoherent when we actually try to live by it."

"The good life requires not just individual virtue but participation in just institutions."

"Understanding requires that we suspend our immediate judgments and listen to alternatives."

"The virtues are not constraints on human flourishing but constitutive of it."

"Faith is not irrational but a rational trust in what exceeds our comprehension."

"A practice is intelligible only within a social and historical context."

"The pursuit of happiness divorced from virtue leads to mere pleasure-seeking."

"Honor is a virtue that requires acting well even when no one is watching."

"The good person is one who has achieved harmony between reason and desire."

"Moral education is not the transmission of rules but the formation of character."

"The search for certainty has caused us to lose sight of practical truth."

"A life well-lived is one that has achieved narrative coherence and integrity."

"The modern fragmentation of expertise has made wisdom nearly impossible to attain."

"Loyalty is a virtue that binds us to particular others and particular communities."

"The concept of human nature is necessary for understanding virtue."

"Reason alone cannot determine the good; it must be informed by tradition and experience."

"A human being is always already embedded in relationships and traditions."

"The virtuous person is not one who never experiences conflict, but one who navigates it well."

"Integrity requires that we do not compartmentalize our lives into isolated roles."