PHIL 1180 Chapter Notes - Chapter Cafaro : Virtue Ethics, River Ecosystem, Land Ethic
30 Oct 2016
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Thoreau, leopold and carson: toward an environmental virtue ethics. Not much is written about human excellence and ourishing. interest in developing envm virtue ethics - incorporates respect for nature, conceives human interests broadly and presents envm protection as being in our enlightened self interest. A sand county almanac shows opportunities for knowledge and self-development possible by greater attentiveness to nature. Sand county almanac often praises virtues of nonhuman world grace, valor, accumulated wisdom of plants and trees. Natural wisdom that silences the people who walk below, harmony of river ecosystem. humans and nonhumans share virtues because we are similar. eagerness of sh. Ancient philosophy is the foundation of leopold"s land ethic naturalizing of virtue a thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. Supervirtues shared by human and nonhuman community. we should preserve nature for natures sake and for our own. Rachel carson - founder of the modern environmental movement.
