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This is the first extensive study of ecological virtue ethics and
the new rhetoric of environmentalists. Based on a wide-ranging
survey of environmental literature, Louke van Wensveen offers an
overview of current "green" virtue language and proposes the basic
elements of a matching ecological virtue theory, dubbed "dirty
virtues" by ecological philosophers.
Environmental ethics is not exhausted by debates about the need to
preserve rivers, our duties to bioregions, and the intrinsic value
of nonhuman nature; rather, ecoliterature also contains a rich
virtue language. Highlighting the integrity, diversity, internal
tensions, dynamism, and visionary character of this ecological
virtue language, the author shows both its historical roots and
innovative features. Van Wensveen illustrates a widespread
awareness of attitudes and habits that help or harm our relations
with the nonhuman world. She includes a unique catalog of 189
virtues and 174 vices that mark the vision and praxis of people
committed to ecological flourishing.
The second part of Dirty Virtues presents carefully crafted
criteria to help discern genuine virtue and vice in an ecological
age. Her arguments are distinguished by a critical balance of moral
sources, including Aristotelian virtue theory, Christian tradition,
women's experiences, psychological theory, and metaphorical
representations of nonhuman nature.
Methodologically innovative and boldly interdisciplinary, Dirty
Virtues will challenge and inspire virtue theorists, as well as
environmental ethicists and theologians.
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