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1 online resource (xii, 201 pages) |
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Introduction: A virtue-oriented alternative? -- What makes a character trait a virtue? -- The environment and human flourishing -- The environment itself -- Environmental decision making -- The virtue-oriented approach and environmental ethics -- A virtue-oriented assessment of genetically modified crops -- Conclusion: A virtue-oriented alternative |
| Summary |
Virtue ethics is now widely recognized as an alternative to Kantian and consequentialist ethical theories. However, moral philosophers have been slow to bring virtue ethics to bear on topics in applied ethics. Moreover, environmental virtue ethics is an underdeveloped area of environmental ethics. Although environmental ethicists often employ virtue-oriented evaluation (such as respect, care, and love for nature) and appeal to role models (such as Henry Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, and Rachel Carson) for guidance, environmental ethics has not been well informed by contemporary work on virtue |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-194) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Environmental ethics.
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Environmental responsibility.
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Virtue.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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Environmental ethics
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Environmental responsibility
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Virtue
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780231511865 |
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0231511868 |
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