Virtues in a post-traditional society by Patrick Giddy

“…I argue, however, that the values associated with this modern society, namely equality, fairness and individual autonomy, are the internal goods of this particular “social practice” (in MacIntyre’s sense), and hence virtuous  participation in such a practice can be regarded as implicit in this outlook. …”
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Der Spannungsbogen von Autonomie und Verletzlichkeit. Eine phänomenologisch-anthropologische Reflexion / The Unsolved Tension between Autonomy and Vulnerability by Pugliese Alice

“…On the other side, the notion of vulnerability and reliance is displayed through different approaches of Gehlen, MacIntyre and Toombs in order to illustrate dependency not as a mere capitulation of the subject, but as one of its intrinsic possibilities, which does not exclude autonomous will.…”
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The Aristotelian Philosophy of the Martial Arts by Charles H. Hackney

“…Neo-Aristotelian philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre, in his classic work After Virtue, introduces the concept of a eudaimonic practice, a form of social activity in which pursuing excellence in the practice results in the practitioner also becoming a better person. …”
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The Practice of Governance, Social Compartmentalization and Fragmentation of Desires by Sandra Hernández-González

“…To do so, it presents the phenomenon of social fragmentation and evaluates it –following A. MacIntyre– as a negative aspect of contemporary social (dis)order due to the moral and psychological disintegration it promotes among ordinary people. …”
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Mediating roles of willingness to communicate and motivation in L2 learners’ second language communication in online contexts by Balouchi, Shima

“…It extends the application of Gardner’s (1985) socio-educational model and MacIntyre and Charos’ (1996) WTC model beyond the classroom setting to online contexts. …”
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Language Learning Strategies of Hong Kong And Malaysian Students by Andrew, Yau-hau Tse

“…Language learning strategies (LLS) that help learners enhance their language competence have played an important role in language learning; their spectrum has become one fertile area of research in second language acquisition (MacIntyre, 1994). The objective of this study is to investigate the LLS used by university students in Hong Kong and in Malaysia. …”
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Leadership as a Christian Practice by Bård Norheim

“…Drawing on the Neo-Aristotelian appeal to virtue ethics, promoted by Alasdair MacIntyre and others, several theologians have argued for the rediscovery of what they call ‘Christian practices.’ …”
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The American Cultural Identity: Philosophical Reflections on the Existing Controversies over its Nature by seyed alireza hoseyni beheshti

“…The third section is design to offer a better understanding of the issue at bands in the debate which shall mainly rely on Alasdair MacIntyre’s conception of traditional of moral enqurity and will be follow by some concluding points to the arguments of this paper.…”
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Com es desenvolupa la voluntat de comunicar? by Isidor Marí i Mayans

“…Aquest article comenta el model heurístic de la voluntat de comunicar en una L2, elaborat per MacIntyre et al. (1998), des de la perspectiva de la seva aplicació pràctica per part dels ensenyants. …”
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Semantic deviation in Marge Piercy’s “The Secretary Chant” by Ilyn Rabago Faminial

“…Informed by Leech’s (1969) classification of tropes, semantic relations are marked through the evaluation of lexical features. As suggested by MacIntyre’s (2002) procedure of examination, the text reveals the poet’s use of figurative devices to create a vivid picture of the persona’s melancholic state. …”
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Los contenidos digitales y el problema de la excelencia en la cultura neoliberal by Emmanuel Godínez-Burgos

“…Esta se aborda desde la noción de la práctica y el desarrollo de bienes internos en la misma, propuesta por MacIntyre (2004), y desde la crítica al individualismo en la cultura contemporánea. …”
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At vælge det sunde fra by Jane Ege Møller

“…Nussbaum and Alaisdair MacIntyre) and rationality of des-interest, (as proposed by Sam Paldanius) it unfolds a theoretical and philosophical framework for understanding the rationales that lie behind not following recommended health guidelines. …”
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Crisis of the subject and contemporary political philosophy by Carlos Hoevel

“…After doing a first reference to the Kantian idea of subjectivity present in John Rawls, the author exposes the critical positions that on this point maintain liberals as Nozick, Dworkin, Posner and Becker, comunitarists like Sandel, MacIntyre and Taylor and the German thinker Jürgen Habermas. …”
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Narrativa by Richard Kearney

“…O artigo, baseado em uma visão afirmativa da narratividade (Ricoeur, Rorty e MacIntyre), elabora a ideia de que a resistência à narratividade em nome de modelos redutores de cientificismo deverá ceder à compreensão de que a verdade histórica tanto é propriedade do chamado conhecimento objetivo, como do conhecimento narrativo. …”
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Aprender haciendo: paideia y phronesis en Aristóteles = Learning by doing: paideia and phronesis in Aristóteles by Marcos, Alfredo

“…In order to answer this question, we bring here some of the writings of Aristotle and neo-Aristotelian contemporaries thinkers, such as Alasdair MacIntyre, Hans Jonas, Amartya Sen and Pierre Aubenque. …”
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A Virtue-Based Model of Christian Presence: A Trialogue of the Texts of the Epistle to Diognetus, James Davison Hunter and Eka Darmaputera as a New Imagination of the Three-Duties... by Ujun Junaedi

“…The findings of the three texts are analyzed using Alasdair MacIntyre’s concept of virtue, which rejuvenates Aristotle’s idea of virtue ethics. …”
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Language Learners' "Willingness to Communicate" through Livemocha.com by Elwyn Lloyd

“…Under the premise that a reduction in anxiety may lead to an increased "willingness to communicate" (MacIntyre et al., 1998), the principal objective of this project was to examine the type and frequency of online interactions that the participants engaged in with other speakers of their target languages in the Livemocha language learning community.…”
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THINKING THE FAMILY. SOME LINES IN 20TH-CENTURY PHILOSOPHY by Michael Wladika

“…To zagadnienie zostało opracowane na podstawie wielu tekstów autorstwa Alasdair MacIntyre i Hansa Sedlmayra. Aby w dziwnym „dwudziestym wieku” odzyskać dawną siłę myślenia wspólnotowego i rodzinnego, należy skoncentrować się na solidnym rozumieniu instytucji. …”
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Pandang Dunia: Penentu Kekuatan dan Perubahan Tradisi Masyarakat Tradisional by Johanis Putaratama Kamuri

“…Through a systematic review of relevant literature, this research complements Giddens' structuration theory with MacIntyre's thoughts about cultural components that make up the cognitive structure and shows that worldview - a virtual structure in cognition that corresponds to the structure of society - is the force that determines the influence and change of traditions. …”
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Greatness takes practice: On practice theory’s relevance to “Great Strategy” by Whittington, R

“…This paper draws on the Practice theory of Pierre Bourdieu, Michel de Certeau, Michel Foucault, Anthony Giddens and Alasdair MacIntyre to explore the origins of great strategies. …”