Character and Environment: A Virtue-Oriented Approach to Environmental EthicsIn Character and Environment, Ronald L. Sandler brings together contemporary work on virtue ethics with contemporary work on environmental ethics. He demonstrates the many ways that any ethic of character can and should be informed by environmental considerations. He also develops a pluralistic, virtue-oriented environmental ethic that accommodates the richness and complexity of our relationship with the natural environment and provides effective and nuanced guidance on environmental issues. |
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Contents
a virtueoriented alternative? | 1 |
What makes a Character trait a virtue? | 9 |
the environment and human Flourishing | 39 |
the environment itself | 63 |
1 | 71 |
environmental decision making | 85 |
5 | 103 |
9 | 112 |
a virtueoriented assessment of Genetically modified Crops | 123 |
a virtueoriented alternative | 141 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Character and Environment: A Virtue-Oriented Approach to Environmental Ethics |
| Author | Ronald L. Sandler |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0231141076, 9780231141079 |
| Length | 216 pages |
| Subjects | › Philosophy / General |
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