Quote by MacIntyre, Alasdair
"The self is not something which is just given to us; we have to construct it."
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"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."