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    Challenges→The common morality's norms are universally applicable despite being historically grounded

    Alasdair MacIntyre demonstrates in 'Whose Justice? Which Rationality?' that what counts as 'flourishing' is tradition-dependent and internally contested across incommensurable frameworks.

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    Alasdair MacIntyre(named philosopher in the statement)
    A contemporary Scottish philosopher who argues that virtues can only be understood within the context of communities and traditions, not as isolated individual qualities.
    Flourishing(the positive state that might be prevented by MPS)
    A state of living well and reaching your full potential as a person; achieving excellence in how you live.
    Incommensurable frameworks(the different traditions MacIntyre compares)
    Different worldviews or belief systems that can't be directly compared or measured against each other because they operate on fundamentally different assumptions.
    Internally contested(describing disagreements about flourishing)
    Disagreed about or debated from within—meaning people inside the same tradition don't fully agree on what something means.

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    Tradition-dependent(describing how 'flourishing' varies)
    Something whose meaning or value changes based on the specific culture, history, or community framework you're operating within.
    Whose Justice? Which Rationality?(the specific work being referenced)
    A famous book by MacIntyre that questions whether there's one 'correct' way to think about justice and reason, or whether different societies have their own versions that can't be compared fairly.

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