Sri Aurobindo tells that the state has a spiritual goal

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My first encounters with Alasdair MacIntyre

8 Nov 2015 — In that context, may I add that excluding Sri Aurobindo from your intellectual quest may not be an ideal situation. You may not agree with ...

MacIntyre against Wilber's worldcentrism

12 Feb 2012 — I think that Aurobindo who proffered a complex and sophisticated developmental theory would reject the notion that the “pre” and the “trans” ...

Ethics, Aesthetics and a Creative Shaping of Human Possibilities

Gandhi, Kierkegaard, Sri Aurobindo, Amanya Sen and Alasdair MacIntyre. Finally, the paper calls for a transcendence of an either or approach to development ...

(PDF) The Importance of Aurobindo for the Contemporary Study of Religion

The title of today's paper is The Importance of Aurobindo for the Contemporary Study of Religion and it reflects the general direction taken by my thesis.

appeals to Aristotle, Tillich, and Aurobindo. Bockover characterizes the relationship between ...

Future inquirers should be grateful to both editors and contributors. ALASDAIR MACINTYRE. Duke University. Techno-Security in an Age of Globalization ...

For what it’s worth, I still think one of the best studies of the late Alasdair MacIntyre & his thought is this 2005 intellectual biography by Emile Perreau-Saussine (now translated into English)

https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268203252/alasdair-macintyre/

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Alisdair MacIntyre was one of the most fruitfully provocative thinkers in the English-speaking world of the last century, especially in dismantling dominant models of social science. I am not aware of a more acid, more humorous opening to a philosophical essay. RIP.

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[Alasdair MacIntyre, a Scottish-American philosopher, and Sri Aurobindo, a prominent Indian philosopher and poet, have been noted for their unique perspectives on ethics and philosophy. While MacIntyre is known for his virtue ethics and the importance of tradition in moral reasoning, Aurobindo is known for his philosophy of Integral Yoga, which emphasizes the unification of individual and universal consciousness. 

Points of Comparison and Contrast:

Emphasis on Tradition:

While MacIntyre emphasizes the importance of tradition in shaping moral understanding, Aurobindo's philosophy is more focused on the spiritual dimension of human existence and the potential for transcending the limitations of the ego and the material world.

Individual vs. Universal:

MacIntyre's ethics focuses on the individual's responsibility within a community and tradition, while Aurobindo's philosophy emphasizes the interconnectedness of all beings and the importance of realizing the Divine within oneself and the universe.

Moral Reasoning vs. Spiritual Realization:

MacIntyre's work is primarily concerned with moral reasoning and the application of virtues in everyday life, while Aurobindo's philosophy is more focused on the spiritual transformation of the individual and the realization of higher consciousness. 

In conclusion, MacIntyre and Aurobindo represent distinct approaches to ethics and philosophy. While MacIntyre emphasizes the importance of tradition and virtue ethics, Aurobindo's Integral Yoga focuses on the spiritual development of the individual and the realization of higher consciousness.] - Google AI Overview

[he refused to confine himself to the analytic mode of philosophizing, always writing in a way broader and less precise than analytic departments were usually willing to count as good philosophy. That experience surely shaped one of MacIntyre's more powerful philosophical insights: the recognition that philosophy itself always operates within the context of historical tradition – the conception of tradition at issue being close to Thomas Kuhn's concept of paradigms. Kuhn and MacIntyre recognized that different paradigms differed not just on what claims they believed to be true and false, but on the standards by which one judged them true and false] By Amod Lele on 25 May 2025 

https://loveofallwisdom.com/blog/2025/05/in-memoriam-alasdair-macintyre/

In 2002, Sharmila Rege documented the political struggles between two “caste-based forms of cultural labour,” Lavani and Powada.

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[PDF] Aurobindo on Integral Yoga, Divinity and Truth and Its Relevance in Life

B Aich - 2025

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N Bhowal

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Godspeed to the great moral philosopher, Alastair MacIntyre. If you’ve never read his work, there’s no better starting place than After Virtue, which argues for the injection of a revamped Aristotelian telos into our contemporary interminable moral discourses. Here’s a primer.

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