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A rich hermeneutic account of the way virtue is understood and developed.

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Author:   Brian Treanor
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.372kg
ISBN:  

9781438451183

ISBN 10:   1438451180
Pages:   258
Publication Date:   01 June 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments 1. Just What Sort of Person Would Do That? Introduction Moral Reasoning in Contemporary Ethics Virtue Ethics 2. Virtue Ethics and Environmental Virtue Ethics Virtue and Flourishing The Middle Way Emotion and Action Virtue and the Environment 3. Virtue: A Constellation of Concerns Virtue and Living Well A Typology of Virtue: Individual, Social, and Environmental 4. A Story of Simplicity: A Case Study in Virtue The Scope of Simplicity: More Than Material Restraint The Scope of Simplicity: A 'Comprehensive' Virtue Thoreau's Nature 5. The Challenge of Postmodernity The Imprecision and Variability of Virtue Ethics The Postmodern Condition Postmodern Temptations: Hamlet's Indecision and Meursault's Indifference ""Postmodern"" Virtue Ethics 6. Narrative Theory Paul Ricoeur and Narrative Identity Richard Kearney and Narrative Epiphanies Martha Nussbaum and the Judicious Spectator Wayne Booth and Coduction Objections: The Return of Relativism and the Excesses of Imagination 7. Narrative Environmental Virtue Ethics Introduction: Ethical Formation and Reformation Ethical Education: Motivation and Transmission Ethical Experimentation: Discernment and Understanding Ethical Formation: Application and Cultivation 8. Epilogue: The ""Narrative Goodness"" Approach The Need for Virtue Ethics and the Need for Narrative Three Important Clarifications The Literature of Life: A Life Worth Living, a Story Worth Telling Notes Index"

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Brian Treanor is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of Environmental Studies at Loyola Marymount University. He is the coeditor (with Forrest Clingerman, Martin Drenthen, and David Utsler) of Interpreting Nature: The Emerging Field of Environmental Hermeneutics.

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