At the foundation of moral thinking lie beliefs in statements the truth of which no further reason can be given.
Alasdair MacIntyreTraditions, when vital, embody continuities of conflict. Indeed when a tradition becomes Burkean, it is always dying or dead.
Alasdair MacIntyreWhat our laws show is the extent and degree to which conflict has to be suppressed.
Alasdair MacIntyreIndividuals inherit a particular space within an interlocking set of social relationships; lacking that space, they are nobody, or at best a stranger or an outcast. To know oneself as such a social person is however not to occupy a static and fixed position. It is to find oneself placed at a certain point on a journey with set goals; to move through life is to make progress - or to fail to make progress - toward a given end.
Alasdair MacIntyre