Moral Discourse Without Foundations J. Hannan
of the 20th century. Each has contributed in his own way to the revival of moral
philosophy as a discipline. Although their writings reflect similar commitments to
rationalism and critical realism, they nonetheless approach moral theory through
distinct theoretical trajectories. Habermas writes in the tradition of Kant and the
Enlightenment. MacIntyre, following Hegel, writes in a tradition very much critical
of Kant and the Enlightenment. The result is two very different moral theories. Only
a handful of studies have sought to compare the two theories (Breen, 2012; Doody,
1991; Kelly, 1989; Kingwell, 1995), and none has carried out so from a pragmatist
perspective.