HUMAN FLOURISHING, HUMAN NATURE, AND PRACTICES: MACINTYRE’S ETHICS STILL REQUIRES A MORE THOMISTIC METAPHYSICS

• Authors: Codognato Giulia
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

My aim in this paper is to investigate what enables human flourishing from a Thomistic perspective by considering Aquinas’ natural inclinations. I will argue that human beings flourish in different ways, depending on their practices. However, not every practice contributes to human flourishing, but only those that are consistent with human nature, which agents grasp through their natural inclinations. To support this argument, I will critically analyse MacIntyre’s account, referring mainly to his latest work (2016). MacIntyre has the merit of highlighting the role of practices in human flourishing by considering the narrative dimension in the agents’ lives, but he fails to recognize the properly metaphysical framework of human nature, that would be provided by the proper consideration of natural inclinations.

Keywords

EN

ALASDAIR MACINTYRE; HUMAN FLOURISHING; METAPHYSICS; THOMAS AQUINAS

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filozofia (Philosophy)
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 79
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 319 – 333

Contributors

author

Codognato Giulia

• University of Trieste, Department of Humanities, Via del Lazzaretto Vecchio, 8 – 34123 Trieste (TS), Italy

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3161-9493

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/filozofia.2024.79.3.7