MacIntyre on virtue and organization

Beadle, R.; Moore, G.

Abstract

This paper introduces the work of moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre in the area of virtue and organization. It aims to provide one point of entry to MacIntyre’s work for readers who have not been introduced to it and makes some novel suggestions about its development for those who have. Following some initial comments on MacIntyre’s approach to social science, it traces the development of his ideas on organization from 1953 to 1980, before outlining the general theory of virtues, goods, practices and institutions which emerged in the publication of his seminal After Virtue in 1981. Finally, the paper outlines some of the uses to which these ideas have been put in the organizational literature.

Citation

Beadle, R., & Moore, G. (2006). MacIntyre on virtue and organization. Organization Studies, 27(3), 323-340. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840606062425

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2006-03
• Deposit Date: Aug 26, 2008
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 26, 2008
• Journal: Organization Studies
• Print ISSN: 0170-8406
• Electronic ISSN: 1741-3044
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 323-340
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840606062425
• Keywords: MacIntyre, Virtues-practice-institution.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1597348