It was precisely this condition that MacIntyre, who died on 21 May 2025 at the age of ninety-six, diagnosed with prophetic force. The Thomist TurnTwo years after After Virtue, MacIntyre entered the Catholic Church. Without such traditions, rights become mere incantations, humanitarianism becomes mere sentiment, and politics becomes mere administration. Instead, he issues a challenge: rebuild the moral life, or watch it die. Our institutions fail because our moral traditions have failed.