An ecologically sustainable society cannot be achieved without
citizens who possess the virtues and values that will foster it,
and who believe that individual actions can indeed make a
difference. "Eco-Republic" draws on ancient Greek thought--and
Plato's "Republic" in particular--to put forward a new vision of
citizenship that can make such a society a reality. Melissa Lane
develops a model of a society whose health and sustainability
depend on all its citizens recognizing a shared standard of value
and shaping their personal goals and habits accordingly. Bringing
together the moral and political ideas of the ancients with the
latest social and psychological theory, Lane illuminates the
individual's vital role in social change, and articulates new ways
of understanding what is harmful and what is valuable, what is a
benefit and what is a cost, and what the relationship between
public and private well-being ought to be.
"Eco-Republic" reveals why we must rethink our political
imagination if we are to meet the challenges of climate change and
other urgent environmental concerns. Offering a unique reflection
on the ethics and politics of sustainability, the book goes beyond
standard approaches to virtue ethics in philosophy and current
debates about happiness in economics and psychology. "Eco-Republic"
explains why health is a better standard than happiness for
capturing the important links between individual action and social
good, and diagnoses the reasons why the ancient concept of virtue
has been sorely neglected yet is more relevant today than ever.
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