Alasdair MacIntyre, a towering figure in moral philosophy and a Catholic convert, has died at the age of 96 years old.
Credited with reviving the discipline of virtue ethics and warning the world about the great moral dangers of modern liberalism, his death on 21 May marks the end of an extraordinary philosophical and spiritual journey and life's work.
This included his seminal 1981 work After Virtue that reshaped contemporary moral and political philosophy, emphasising virtue over utilitarian or deontological frameworks, reportsthe Catholic News Agency (CNA).
