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In reply to Roderick T. Long. I have not encountered a sound argument to that conclusion, no. LikeLike

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Well, my paper can be taken as a contribution to military ethics. LikeLike

In reply to Michael Brazier. He says there, for instance, that Aristotle thought of politics as a craft – analogous to blacksmithing, music, or military strategy, in that it was aimed towards a definite goal, and had a standard of merit which practiti…

And even if this sort of knowledge was readily available in the social science literature at the time that MacIntyre was writing, it’s uncertain whether he would have known about it. He’s a “history of ideas” guy, not a social science guy. I don&#8217…

Thanks for your reply (it may be the only one I get!). Unlikely! I have a lot to say, but I am, as usual, very pressed for time. So for now, a small handful of micro-thoughts before I catch the train. Maybe more later. Just to frame my comment: though…

Also, aren’t we now supposed to say Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi, Türkiye? LikeLike

I was initially misled by your headline, since for me the ISME is something else. https://www.internationalsocietyformilitaryethics.org/ LikeLike

[…] as well. I’ll be giving a version of a paper I’ve previously posted here, “Teaching Machiavelli in Palestine” (online, alas; Thursday night Eastern Time). The conference is free and accessible to all, […] LikeLike

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David Potts’s recent post on Alasdair MacIntyre induces me to advertise the forthcoming fifteenth annual Summer Conference of the International Society for MacIntyrean Enquiry, which takes place next week (June 15-17th) in Mugla, Turkey, in association with the Department of Philosophy at Mugla Sitki Kocman University. For those unable to travel to Turkey on such…