Beadle, Ron (2008) Rand and MacIntyre on moral agency. Journal of Ayn Rand Studies, 9 (2). pp. 221-243. ISSN 1526-1018
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This paper contrasts the work of Ayn Rand and Alasdair MacIntyre on moral agency. Both argue that moral agency requires the application of a consistent moral code across relationships with others and that such consistency is rarely evident in the modern social order. However, while MacIntyre holds this failure to be a defining feature of the modern social order, Rand holds this to be a failure of individuals and a marker of a wider cultural confusion. While Rand sees selfishness and capitalism as the means to overcome individual and institutional "mixed premises," MacIntyre condemns both.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | N200 Management studies |
| Department: | Faculties > Business and Law > Newcastle Business School |
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| Depositing User: | EPrint Services |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jan 2010 10:34 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Dec 2023 15:50 |
| URI: | https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/1898 |
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