A philosopher argued moral arguments never end because we're using broken fragments

Alasdair MacIntyre argued that moral philosophy inherited scattered fragments of older ethical traditions — Aristotle's virtues, religious commandments, Enlightenment reason — stripped of the shared framework that once made them work together. Without that framework, moral disputes become permanent and unresolvable, each side reasoning validly from incompatible premises. His fix: revive Aristotelian virtue ethics grounded in shared practices and traditions.

— Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory — 1981
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