Academic Scientific JournalsInfluence of contemporary Neo-Aristotelianism on education and personal development methods
Keywords:
coaching, internal goods, personal development, practical rationality, universityAbstract
The article presents a critique of contemporary culture formulated by Alasdair MacIntyre, who claims that contemporary culture is dominated by the precepts of a philosophical school called emotivism. In the article, this critique is related to coaching – a popular personal and professional development method, which as the article demonstrates is also based upon emotivism. Further, the article presents an alternative to the emotivist line of thought contained in the Neo-Aristotelian philosophy represented by Alasdair MacIntyre and John Finnis, who prove that rational reflection on basic human values and goods is possible. In Finnis’s thought, the analysis of practical rationality plays a key role, whereas in MacIntyre’s thought it is the category of the goods internal to practices. In the article, the consequences of their theories for personal development are highlighted, the area referred to in this context being university education.
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