This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th and 21st century philosopher and moral theorist, Alasdair MacIntyre's work After Virtue

It focuses upon chapter 14, specifically on his discussion of the interconnections between what he calls "practices", standards for excellence, rules which need to be followed, and goods or ends of those practices. All of these are integral to the relationship between virtues and practices as well.

To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler

If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM

You can find over 1500 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler

You can get MacIntyre's After Virtue here - https://amzn.to/2RiplGT

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th and 21st century philosopher and moral theorist, Alasdair MacIntyre's work After Virtue

It focuses upon chapter 14, specifically on his discussion of what a practice is. His concept of practice is central to making sense out of what the virtues are and what they involve.

To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler

If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM

You can find over 1500 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler

You can get MacIntyre's After Virtue here - https://amzn.to/2RiplGT

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th and 21st century philosopher and moral theorist, Alasdair MacIntyre's work After Virtue

It focuses upon chapter 14, specifically on his discussion about the extent and ways in which his account is an "Aristotelian" one.

To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler

If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM

You can find over 1500 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler

You can get MacIntyre's After Virtue here - https://amzn.to/2RiplGT

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th and 21st century philosopher and moral theorist, Alasdair MacIntyre's work After Virtue

It focuses upon chapter 14, specifically on his discussion of several differing representative accounts of the virtues, including those of Homer, Aristotle, the New Testament, Benjamin Franklin, and Jane Austin. Examining these he distinguishes between conceptions of virtues that are based on social roles, utility, and the telos for human being as such.

To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler

If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM

You can find over 1500 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler

You can get MacIntyre's After Virtue here - https://amzn.to/2RiplGT

This lecture discusses key ideas from the Medieval philosopher, theologian, and Dominican friar, Thomas Aquinas, and focuses on his Summa Theologiae, Prima Secundae Partis, q. 2.

It focuses upon his examination in article 8, inquiring into whether any created good could really be human happiness. Aquinas argues that only God can provide human happiness in its full sense but that the human soul plays a role in this, since we enjoy happiness through the soul.

To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler

If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM

You can find over 1500 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler

You can find Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae online here - https://www.newadvent.org/summa/

This lecture discusses key ideas from the Medieval philosopher, theologian, and Dominican friar, Thomas Aquinas, and focuses on his Summa Theologiae, Prima Secundae Partis, q. 2.

It focuses upon his examination in articles 5 and 7, which consider the question whether human happiness can consist in any good of the human body or soul.

To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler

If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM

You can find over 1500 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler

You can find Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae online here - https://www.newadvent.org/summa/

This lecture discusses key ideas from the Medieval philosopher, theologian, and Dominican friar, Thomas Aquinas, and focuses on his Summa Theologiae, Prima Secundae Partis, q. 2.

It focuses upon his examination in article 6, about whether pleasure can constitute human happiness or not

To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler

If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM

You can find over 1500 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler

You can find Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae online here - https://www.newadvent.org/summa/

This lecture discusses key ideas from the Medieval philosopher, theologian, and Dominican friar, Thomas Aquinas, and focuses on his Summa Theologiae, Prima Secundae Partis, q. 2.

It focuses upon his examination in articles 2-4, about whether external goods such as honor, fame/glory, or power can be what human happiness consists in.

To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler

If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM

You can find over 1500 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler

You can find Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae online here - https://www.newadvent.org/summa/

This lecture discusses key ideas from the Medieval philosopher, theologian, and Dominican friar, Thomas Aquinas, and focuses on his Summa Theologiae, Prima Secundae Partis, q. 2.

It focuses upon his examination in article 1 whether wealth can be happiness, and discusses why that cannot be the case, according to Thomas

To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler

If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM

You can find over 1500 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler

You can find Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae online here - https://www.newadvent.org/summa/

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th-21st century philosopher John Sellars' recent article "What Is Philosophy As A Way Of Life" (Parrhesia, vol. 28)

It discusses the distinction he develops early on in the article, between two different manners of understanding and engaging in philosophy. Philosophy as a Way of Life would be more closely associated with humanistically conceived philosophy.

It focuses specifically on the understanding of human freedom as a fundamental value for ethics, centering on her phrase "willing oneself free"

To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler

If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM

You can find over 1500 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler

Get John Sellars article - https://www.parrhesiajournal.org/parrhesia28/parrhesia28_sellars.pdf