Environmental ethics: Virtue ethics
- Created by: Alasdair
- Created on: 26-06-17 21:39
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- Environmental ethics: Virtue ethics
- If human flourishing (eudaimonia) is the ultimate goal, then the environment needs to be preserved and looked after to allow this
- Becoming a virtuous person and reaching eudaimonia involves understanding the human role in environment
- Emulating virtuous people will often lead to caring for the environment
- e.g. Theodore Roosevelt
- Animals etc. only have instrumental value
- "plants exist for the sake of animals...all other animals exist for the sake of man" - Politics
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