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Higgins, C Worlds of practice: MacIntyre's challenge to applied ethics 2010 p.249 Article On MacIntyre Macintyre. Applied Ethics, Business Ethics, Practice, Worlds Of Practice, Virtue
Citation with Excerpt Higgins, C 2010 Article J. Philos. Educ. Macintyre. Applied Ethics Business Ethics Practice Worlds Of Practice Virtue On MacIntyre

"Worlds of practice: MacIntyre's challenge to applied ethics"

by Higgins, C (2010)

Key Passage

The distinctive moral phenomenology of a practice offers its practitioners an insight into how it is excellent to be in the world by teaching us how to be in a particular world. (p.249)

Keywords

Macintyre. Applied Ethics, Business Ethics, Practice, Worlds Of Practice, Virtue

Themes

On MacIntyre

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Citation

Higgins, C. “Worlds of Practice: MacIntyre’s Challenge to Applied Ethics.” J. Philos. Educ., vol. 44, no. 2–3, Wiley, 2010, pp. 237–73, doi:10.1111/j.1467-9752.2010.00755.x. Page cited: p.249.

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