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Letter from Donald R. MacIntyre to Dr. Hanford M. Burr (May 26, 1917)
No full textA letter from Donald R. MacIntyre writes to Dr. Hanford M. Burr, Springfield College faculty member, in this handwritten letter dated May 26, 1917. He discusses the routine of army life, receiving immunizations, and wonders when they may swap their typewriters out for digging trenches. There are four pages in this letter.Donald R. Macintyre attended Springfield College from 1915-1917. After serving during World War One, he returned and received his degree in 1919. In the fall of 1892, Hanford Burr became a Professor of Christian History and Sociology at the International Y.M.C.A. College (now known as Springfield College). He was also one of the original members of “The Old Guard,” which assisted the college in its focus on the Protestant Evangelical Christian Faith. It was in this context of the centrality of the Christian faith that the Springfield College philosophy that had driven Springfield College since its founding was given the name of “Humanics” by Hanford Burr
Letter from Donald R. MacIntyre to Dr. Hanford M. Burr (May 26, 1917)
No full textA letter from Donald R. MacIntyre writes to Dr. Hanford M. Burr, Springfield College faculty member, in this handwritten letter dated May 26, 1917. He discusses the routine of army life, receiving immunizations, and wonders when they may swap their typewriters out for digging trenches. There are four pages in this letter.Donald R. Macintyre attended Springfield College from 1915-1917. After serving during World War One, he returned and received his degree in 1919. In the fall of 1892, Hanford Burr became a Professor of Christian History and Sociology at the International Y.M.C.A. College (now known as Springfield College). He was also one of the original members of “The Old Guard,” which assisted the college in its focus on the Protestant Evangelical Christian Faith. It was in this context of the centrality of the Christian faith that the Springfield College philosophy that had driven Springfield College since its founding was given the name of “Humanics” by Hanford Burr
Why business cannot be a practice
No full textIn a series of papers Geoff Moore has applied Alasdair MacIntyre’s much cited work to generate a virtue-based business ethics. Central to this pro ject is Moore’s argument that business falls under MacIntyre’s concept of ‘practice’. This move attempts to overcome MacIntyre’s reputation for being ‘anti-business’ while maintaining his framework for evaluating social action and replaces MacIntyre’s hostility to management with a conception of managers as institutional practitioners (craftsmen). I argue however that this move has not been justified. Given the importance MacIntyre places on the protection of practices, the result is that much of Moore’s contribution is misplaced. Business cannot name a practice but business institutions certainly do house practices. The task then is to try to understand the circumstances under which practices might flourish and those under which they might founder in a business context. This is not aided by Moore’s redescription of all businesses as practices
Leader narratives in Scottish banking: an Aristotelian approach
No full textThe banking sector has been under public scrutiny since the credit crisis of 2007/8, and a range of diagnoses and cures have been offered, particularly in terms of regulatory and financial structures. In the public media, much comment has been made about ethics in the sector, but this has provoked surprisingly little response from academic researchers. This thesis explores the crisis in banking as a moral one, taking Alasdair MacIntyre’s account of virtue ethics as a framework for understanding the careers of Scottish banking leaders.
The method used for the study is narrative, and depends both on MacIntyre’s philosophy of tradition-constituted enquiry, and on Hans-Georg Gadamer’s hermeneutics. Conversations were held with ten leaders of Scottish banking whose careers typically span between 25 and 40 years, and the record of those conversations forms the primary data set for the research.
The resulting narratives are frank, rich descriptions of deeply felt changes in a particular mode of working life. This was a way of life characterised up until the 1980s by a well-defined status within local communities, professional expertise and a well-ordered tradition. The deregulation of banking and subsequent structural and technological changes to retail banking services eroded that professional tradition, and replaced it with new modes of work dominated by institutional priorities of sales, profit and growth, rather than by an ethic of professional expertise and customer service.
The thesis finds that there are structural barriers to the recovery of a professional ethic in banking. It offers new perspectives on the work of Alasdair MacIntyre, particularly in the application of his idea of traditions to mainstream economic activity. It also explores common ground between Gadamer and MacIntyre, proposing ways in which both philosophers can enhance our pursuit of qualitative empirical research
Service design and delivery
No full textService Design and Delivery provides a comprehensive overview of the increasingly important role played by the service industry. Focusing on the development of different processes employed by service organizations, the book emphasizes management of service in relation to products. It not only explores the complexity of this relationship, but also introduces strategies used in the design and management of service across various sectors, highlighting where tools, techniques and processes applicable to one sector may prove useful in another. The implementation methods introduced in the book also illustrate how and why companies can transform themselves into service organizations. While the book is primarily intended as a text for advanced-level courses in service design and delivery, it also contains theoretical and practical knowledge beneficial to both practitioners in the service sector and those in manufacturing contemplating moving towards service delivery.26 contributing author
MacIntyre's Anthropological Vulnerability between E.F. Kittay and Kenny's Aquinas
No full textL'uso della storia della filosofia da parte di MacIntyre è controverso. Tuttavia, esso è rilevante non solo per apprezzare l'intuizione storiografica della produzione di MacIntyre, ma per comprendere correttamente il suo pensiero. Per questo motivo, propongo di studiare le nozioni di dipendenza e vulnerabilità che MacIntyre considera essenziali in Dependent Rational Animals. Nella prima fase, discuto come MacIntyre attribuisce queste nozioni a Tommaso, riferendosi all'"Aquinas of Mind" di Kenny e al ruolo del linguaggio. Quindi, esaminerò l'antropologia filosofica di Eva Feder Kittay. MacIntyre cita questa filosofa solo due volte, riconoscendo di avere un debito nei suoi confronti. Cercando in cosa risieda questo debito, propongo di considerare "Love's Labor: Essays on Women, Equality and Dependency" di Kittay la fonte autentica della nozione di dipendenza di MacIntyre e dei suoi numerosi riferimenti alle persone disabili. In conclusione, sostengo che l'antropologia filosofica di MacIntyre esposta in "Dependent Rational Animals" è uno sviluppo originale della posizione di Kittay basata sulla nozione di virtù, ma che non è una vera interpretazione della proposta di Tommaso; piuttosto, entrambe sono contrapposte alle antropologie individualistiche.The use of history of philosophy made by MacIntyre is disputed. Nonetheless, this is relevant not only to appreciate the historiographical insight of Macintyre's production, but to understand correctly his thought. For this reason, I propose to study in depth the notions of dependence and vulnerability that MacIntyre consider essential in Dependent Rational Animals. In the first stage, I discuss how MacIntyre ascribes these notions to Aquinas, giving a thoughtful attention to his appreciation of Kenny's Aquinas of Mind and the related role of language. Then, I will look attentively at Eva Feder Kittay's anthropological statement. MacIntyre quotes this philosopher only twice, but acknowledging to have a debt towards her. Searching in what this debt lies, I propose to regard Kittay's Love's Labor: Essays on Women, Equality and Dependency the genuine source of MacIntyre's notion of dependency and of his numerous references to disabled persons. In conclusion, I sustain that MacIntyre's philosophical anthropology exhibited in Dependent Rational Animals is an original development of Kittay's position based on the notion of virtues, but that it is not a genuine interpretation of Aquinas's proposal; rather, both are contrapposed to the individualistic anthropologies
Legge, natura e virtù: l’etica del tomismo analitico nella sintesi di A. MacIntyre
No full textIn questo contributo, mi propongo di analizzare la corrente filosofica del “tomismo analitico”, diffusa in Italia da Mario Micheletti, e di individuarne lo specifico all’interno della discussione etica. Innanzi tutto, ne proporrò una definizione e tratteggerò gli elementi caratterizzanti, che individuo nella difesa di una forma di realismo naturalistico in metaetica, in risposta a non-cognitivismo ed emotivismo e nella riconciliazione di legge naturale e centralità delle virtù sul piano normativo, in opposizione a deontologismo ed utilitarismo. Poi, ripercorrerò, alla luce di questa caratterizzazione, la proposta etica di Alasdair MacIntyre. Mostrerò, in particolare, come in MacIntyre il plesso concettuale costituito da virtù, natura umana e legge naturale sia elaborato in una sintesi teorica particolarmente felice e feconda, specie se considerata in relazione ad analoghi tentativi da parte di autori anch’essi ascrivibili all’etica del tomismo analitico, al punto di poterlo considerare l’autore paradigmatico di tale corrente
Nur-i-Afshan V.12 no.14 April 1908
No full textContents: Editorial notes - Thoughts on the punishment of children by Learner, A. - The song of the printer [Poetry] - Tomorrow [Poetry] by Frank Macintyre - God that pardoneth [Poetry] by Campbell, W. M. - Telegrams [Letter]
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