ABSTRACT
The most obvious starting point to understanding MacIntyre's views on the university can be found in God, Philosophy, Universities. Representing his most recent thoughts on the Catholic philosophical tradition and how this has played out in universities, MacIntyre provides a compelling argument why theology and philosophy should be a necessary part of the contemporary university curriculum, particularly within the Catholic university. MacIntyre's well-known trilogy of After Virtue, Whose Justice? Which Rationality? and Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry all seem to be preoccupied with providing an account of rationality, overcoming rival and incommensurable traditions of moral enquiry and helping those agents who have yet to give their allegiance to some coherent tradition of enquiry. Taking his cue from Aquinas, MacIntyre redefines the relationship of theology to philosophy in the sense that each provides an account of human nature, human activity and human goods and in part address the same subject matter.
