Tra individuo e comunità. La legge naturale da MacIntyre a Tommaso d'Aquino

The engagement with Aquinas’s philosophical heritage marks a turning point in the intellectual
development of Alasdair MacIntyre. In particular, the Thomistic doctrine of natural law
provides the Scottish philosopher with a more comprehensive framework for grounding ethics
not only at the individual level but, more importantly, at the level of the community. This paper
examines how MacIntyre engaged with Aquinas’s doctrine of natural law and adopted its key
features as a foundation for the ethical and political order. Through MacIntyre’s interpretation
of Aquinas’s ideas, it also becomes possible to highlight certain aspects of the Dominican
master’s arguments.