{"id":38875,"date":"2025-06-27T19:18:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T19:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=38875"},"modified":"2025-06-27T19:18:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T19:18:38","slug":"renowned-philosopher-and-catholic-convert-alasdair-macintyre-dies-at-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/renowned-philosopher-and-catholic-convert-alasdair-macintyre-dies-at-96\/","title":{"rendered":"El renombrado fil\u00f3sofo y converso cat\u00f3lico Alasdair MacIntyre muere a los 96 a\u00f1os"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Alasdair MacIntyre in March 2009. \/ Credit: Sean O\u2019Connor\/Flickr via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0) CNA Staff, May 23, 2025 \/ 16:30 pm (CNA). Alasdair MacIntyre, a towering figure in moral philosophy and a Catholic convert credited with reviving the discipline of virtue ethics, died on May 21 at age 96. His seminal 1981 work \u201cAfter Virtue\u201d reshaped contemporary moral and political philosophy, emphasizing virtue over utilitarian or deontological frameworks.&nbsp; Known by many as \u201cthe most important\u201d modern Catholic philosopher, MacIntyre\u2019s\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alasdair MacIntyre in March 2009. \/ Credit: Sean O\u2019Connor\/Flickr via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0) CNA Staff, May 23, 2025 \/ 16:30 pm (CNA). Alasdair MacIntyre, a towering figure in moral philosophy and a Catholic convert credited with reviving the discipline of virtue ethics, died on May 21 at age 96. His seminal 1981 work \u201cAfter Virtue\u201d reshaped contemporary moral and political philosophy, emphasizing virtue over utilitarian or deontological frameworks.&nbsp; Known by many as \u201cthe most important\u201d modern Catholic philosopher, MacIntyre\u2019s\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":53113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-38875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":72896,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/cna-explains-how-does-mass-dispensation-work-and-when-is-it-used\/","url_meta":{"origin":38875,"position":0},"title":"CNA explains: How does \u2018Mass dispensation\u2019 work, and when is it used?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"febrero 6, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"null \/ Credit: FotoDax\/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 26, 2025 \/ 06:00 am (CNA). 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