Waiting for a New St. Benedict: Alasdair MacIntyre and the Theory and Practice of Journalism

MacIntyre on Virtue and Organization

“…From the publication of After Virtue onwards, MacIntyre's influence and reputation have grown. This is replicated in the literatures of a number of professions (for example, Lambeth 1990;Sellman 2000;Leeper and Leeper 2001); in business ethics (for example, Beadle 2002;Brewer 1997;Dawson and Bartholomew 2003;Dobson 1996Dobson , 1997Dobson , 2001Horvarth 1995;McCann and Brownsberger 1990;Mintz 1996;Moore 2002Moore , 2005aMoore , 2005bWicks 1996Wicks , 1997; and in organizational thought (for example, Alvesson and Willmott 1992;Anthony 1986;du Gay 1998du Gay , 2000Mangham 1995).…”

“…The distinction we draw here between these literatures belies some of their similarities but trends can nevertheless be discerned. The professional literatures commonly attempt to establish the relevant profession as a practice, hence Lambeth's (1990) argument in respect of journalism, Sellman's (2000) for nursing, Brewer's for management (1997), Leeper and Leeper's (2001) for public relations and, most recently, Dunne and Hogan's (2004) on teaching, a volume of papers animated by the rejection of MacIntyre's view (MacIntyre and Dunne 2002) that teaching is not a practice itself, and in which some contributors go almost so far as to assert that MacIntyre does not understand his own concept.…”

O ensino de filosofia e a ideia de uma universidade

“…14). Propostas semelhantes foram levantadas para o jornalismo (LAMBETH, 1990), a administração (BREWER, 1997), a enfermagem (SELLMAN, 2000), a psiquiatria (MICHEL, 2011) e a prática médica como um todo (BISHOP, 2011).…”

MacIntyre, neo-Aristotelianism and organization theory

“…2:2) and in 2006 a special edition of Organization Studies on organizations and virtue (Vol 27:3) contained significant consideration of his work. Within business ethics debate has been joined around MacIntyre and markets (Horvarth 1995, Dobson 1996, Wicks 1996, Dawson & Bartholomew 2003, Keat 2000, in management studies the Weberian character of MacIntyre's understanding of the manager has received attention (Anthony 1986, Mangham 1995, Brewer 1997, Du Gay 1998, Tester 2000, Beadle 2002, Holt 2006, Moore 2005b) and a variety of professional literatures have witnessed cases being made for their elevation to the status of 'practice' (Lambeth 1990 for journalism, Sellman 2000 for nursing, Leeper & Leeper 2001 for public relations). Finally Beadle & Moore have debated whether business itself can be considered a practice (Moore 2005a, Beadle 2008b.…”