...formal definition of virtue presented by Maclntyre reads: "an acquired human quality the possession and exercise of which tends to enable us to achieve those goods which are internal to the practices and the lack of which effectively prevents us from achieving any such goods." 4I With...

...- independently - determined to be valuable. "A virtue is an acquired human quality the possession and exercise of which tends to enable us to achieve...prevents us from achieving any such goods" (Maclntyre 1981 p. 178). Virtues are means to promote independently specifiable ends. Another, perhaps more common,...

...live with.”° Maclntyre defines a virtue thus: A virtue is an acquired human quality the possession and exercise of which tends to enable us to achieve...effectively prevents us from achieving any such goods.” 6. CARDINAL VIRTUES Tradition has held that there are four cardinal virtues: prudence, justice, temperance,...

...virtues are embodied in social practices. 44 "A virtue is an acquired human quality the possession and exercise of which tends to enable us to achieve...effectively prevents us from achieving any such goods," is Maclntyre's "partial and tentative definition." 45 As Aristotle stressed, we develop virtues not...

...incompatible lists of virtues, different ranking and different theories" (Maclntyre, 1983, p. 181). achieve those goods which are internal to practices...and the lack of which effectively prevents us from any such goods" (p. 191). This means a virtue is inextricably linked to subordination to the relevant...

...According to Maclntyre the virtues are relative to culture and role; they are qualities ‘the possession and exercise of which tends to enable us to achieve those goods which are internal to practices' (Maclntyre 1985: 191). While not all virtue theorists adopt this kind of view, the importance of roles...

...West, Maclntyre offers a first definition of virtue as “an acquired human quality the possession and exercise of which tends to enable us to achieve...prevents us from achieving any such goods” (Maclntyre, p. 191). He cautions against confusing practices either with sets of technical skills or with institutions....

...West, Maclntyre offers a first definition of virtue as “an acquired human quality the possession and exercise of which tends to enable us to achieve...prevents us from achieving any such goods” (Maclntyre, p. 191). He cautions against confusing practices either with sets of technical skills or with institutions....

...Within medicine, the virtues do become in MacIntyre's sense acquired human qualities "... the possession and exercise of which tends to enable us to achieve...effectively prevents us from achieving any such goods." 7 We can come closer to the relationships of virtue to clinical actions if we look to the more immediate...

...assumes a selfpossession. 32 Maclntyre defines a virtue as 'an acquired human quality the possession and exercise of which tends to enable us to achieve...effectively prevents us from achieving any such goods' (After Virtue, p. 191). Maclntyre also states that this account of virtue 'requires for its application...