Published May 24, 2025
The death of Alasdair MacIntyre last week marks the end of one of the most towering philosophical voices of the last century—a thinker whose influence on contemporary ethics, politics, and moral reasoning cannot be overstated.
As an evangelical Christian and ethics professor, I found MacIntyre to be one of those rare interlocutors whose clarity of vision and intellectual rigor demanded attention and engagement. I have quoted him in my books and writings several times. His commitments were sometimes idiosyncratic and not easily categorized by today’s political and theological labels. Philosopher Robert P. George said on X: “A striking thing about Professor MacIntyre was that he was impossible to classify ideologically. Was he a progressive? Not really. Was he a conservative? No. A centrist? Not that either. He was sui generis.” MacIntyre’s diagnoses of modernity and its moral incoherence resonate deeply with those of us committed to biblical truth in an age of moral and ideological fragmentation.
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EPPC Fellow Andrew T. Walker, Ph.D., researches and writes about the intersection of Christian ethics, public theology, and the moral principles that support civil society and sound government. A sought-after speaker and cultural commentator, Dr. Walker’s academic research interests and areas of expertise include natural law, human dignity, family stability, social conservatism, and church-state studies. The author or editor of more than ten books, he is passionate about helping Christians understand the moral demands of the gospel and their contributions to human flourishing and the common good. His most recent book, out in May 2021 from Brazos Press, is titled Liberty for All: Defending Everyone’s Religious Freedom in a Secular Age.
