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Character and Environment: A Virtue-Oriented Approach to Environmental Ethics
Ronald Sandler
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Description for Character and Environment: A Virtue-Oriented Approach to Environmental Ethics
Hardback. Brings together contemporary work on virtue ethics with contemporary work on environmental ethics. This book demonstrates the many ways that any ethic of character can and should be informed by environmental considerations. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
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 ethics. With Character and Environment, Ronald Sandler remedies each of these deficiencies by bringing ... Read more
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 ethics. With Character and Environment, Ronald Sandler remedies each of these deficiencies by bringing ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
426g
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231141062
SKU
V9780231141062
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About Ronald Sandler
Ronald L. Sandler is an associate professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and Religion and a researcher in the Technology and Society Research Group and the Environmental Justice Research Collaborative at Northeastern University.
Reviews for Character and Environment: A Virtue-Oriented Approach to Environmental Ethics
A welcome addition to a much neglected corner of the ethical foundations of environmental ethics... Recommended. CHOICE A pleasure to read.
Philip Cafaro Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics A challenging, original, worthwhile addition to the environmental ethics literature that is bound to pique curiosity and stimulate controversy.
Michael Allen Fox Environmental Values A substantial contribution to both ... Read more
Philip Cafaro Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics A challenging, original, worthwhile addition to the environmental ethics literature that is bound to pique curiosity and stimulate controversy.
Michael Allen Fox Environmental Values A substantial contribution to both ... Read more