Most famously articulated in After Virtue, Alasdair MacIntyre’s critique of moral and political liberalism in favour of Aristotelian ethics has stimulated vigorous academic debate. In his latest book, Ethics in the Conflicts of Modernity, Alasdair MacIntyre provides an...

Compassion is a virtue whose political presence few would oppose in principle. However, when it comes to the exercise of compassion in the political community, a number of philosophical problems arise, at least some of which appear to be absent at the personal level. F...

Since classical antiquity the idea of human nature has played a central role in our understanding of ourselves and of our place in the world, providing the source of norms of conduct, as well as presenting a categorical framework for living a good, and fulfilled life....

Politics & Poetics, a new peer-reviewed journal of the humanities with a focus on philosophy, invites high-quality submissions on the topic of Tragic Poetry for its inaugural edition.

Politics & Poetics seeks articles that engage with questions of interest both to read...