Environmental Virtue Ethics

Acknowledgments -- Introduction: environmental virtue ethics / Ronald Sandler -- Pt. 1. Recognizing environmental virtue ethics -- Ch. 1. The emergence of ecological virtue language / Louke van Wensveen -- Ch. 2. Thoreau, Leopold, and Carson: toward an environmental virtue ethics / Philip Cafaro -- Pt. 2. Environmental virtue ethics theory -- Ch. 3. Ideals of human excellence and preserving natural environments / Thomas Hill Jr. -- Ch. 4. Environmental virtue ethics: half the truth but dangerous as a whole / Holmes Rolston III -- Ch. 5. Virtue ethics as foundational for a global ethic / Laura Westra -- Ch. 6. A virtue ethics approach to Aldo Leopold's land ethic / Bill Shaw -- Ch. 7. Virtue ethics and repugnant conclusions / David Schmidtz and Matt Zwolinski -- Pt. 3. Environmental virtues and vices -- Ch. 8. Benevolence as an environmental virtue / Geoffrey Frasz -- Ch. 9. Gluttony, arrogance, greed, and apathy: an exploration of environmental vice / Philip Cafaro -- Ch. 10. Vices and virtues in religious environmental ethics / Charles Taliaferro -- Ch. 11. Cardinal environmental virtues: a neurobiological perspective / Louke van Wensveen -- Pt. 4. Applying environmental virtue ethics - - Ch. 12. Synergistic environmental virtues: consumerism and human flourishing / Peter Wenz -- Ch. 13. A virtue ethics perspective on genetically modified crops / Ronald Sandler -- Contributors -- Index