Environmental Character: Environmental Feelings, Sentiments and Virtues

• Authors: Geoffrey Frasz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

An argument is made that to further develop the field of environmental virtue ethics it must be connected with an account of environmental sentiments. Openness as both an environmental sentiment and virtue is presented. This sentiment is shown to be reflected in the work of Barbara McClintock. As a virtue it is shown to a mean between arrogance and the disvaluing of individuals, a disposition to be open to the natural world and the values found there. Further development of EVE is then shown to require a connection with an account of environmental wisdom.

Keywords

EN

environmental ethics; Barbara McClintock; virtue ethics; environmental virtue ethics

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Ethics in Progress
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 32-43

Dates

published

2016-09-01

Contributors

author

Geoffrey Frasz

• College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/eip.2016.1.3