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 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.
These projects have implications not only for environmental
ethics and virtue ethics but also for moral philosophy more
broadly. Ethical theories must be assessed on their theoretical and
practical adequacy with respect to all aspects of the human ethical
situation: personal, interpersonal, and environmental. To the
extent that virtue-oriented ethical theory in general, and
Sandler's version of it in particular, provides a superior
environmental ethic to other ethical theories, it is to be
preferred not just as an environmental ethic but also as an ethical
theory. "Character and Environment" will engage any reader with an
interest in environmental ethics, virtue ethics, or moral
philosophy.
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