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1 online resource |
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SUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics |
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SUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics
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| Contents |
1. Just What Sort of Person Would Do That? -- Introduction -- Moral Reasoning in Contemporary Ethics -- Virtue Ethics -- 2. Virtue Ethics and Environmental Virtue Ethics -- Virtue and Flourishing -- The Middle Way -- Emotion and Action -- Virtue and the Environment -- 3. Virtue: A Constellation of Concerns -- Virtue and Living Well -- A Typology of Virtue: Individual, Social, and Environmental -- 4.A Story of Simplicity: A Case Study in Virtue -- The Scope of Simplicity: More Than Material Restraint -- The Scope of Simplicity: A 'Comprehensive' Virtue -- Thoreau's Narrative |
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5. The Challenge of Postmodernity -- The Imprecision and Variability of Virtue Ethics -- The Postmodern Condition -- Postmodern Temptations: Hamlet's Indecision and Meursault's Indifference -- "Postmodern" Virtue Ethics -- 6. Narrative Theory: Stories and Our Lives -- Paul Ricoeur and Narrative Identity -- Richard Kearney and Narrative Epiphanies -- Martha Nussbaum and the Judicious Spectator -- Wayne Booth and Coduction -- Objections: The Return of Relativism and the Excesses of Imagination |
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7. Narrative Environmental Virtue Ethics -- Introduction: Ethical Formation and Reformation -- Ethical Education: Motivation and Transmission -- Ethical Experimentation: Discernment and Understanding -- Ethical Formation: Application and Cultivation -- 8. Epilogue: The "Narrative Goodness" Approach -- The Need for Virtue Ethics and the Need for Narrative -- Three Important Clarifications -- The Literature of Life: A Life Worth Living, a Story Worth Telling |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Virtue.
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Ethics.
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Environmental ethics.
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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Virtues.
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ethics (philosophy)
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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Virtues
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Environmental ethics
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Ethics
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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Virtue
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781438451190 |
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1438451199 |
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