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Values Deep in the Woods
By Holmes Rolston, III In a forest, as on a desert or the tundra, the realities of nature cannot be ignored. Like the sea or the sky, the forest is a kind of archetype of the foundations of the world....
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Interview with Ronald Sandler
Ronald Sandler, author of Character and Environment: a virtue-oriented approach to environmental ethics. (Also see this by the same author in this blog.) Character and Environment is the first...
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Virtue Ethics
From Encyclopedia BritannicaIn the last two decades of the 20th century, there was a revival of interest in the Aristotelian idea that ethics should be based on a theory of the virtues rather than on a...
View ArticleEudaimonia, Eudaemonism
From The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy in Religion & PhilosophyEudaimonia (Greek, happiness, well-being, success) The central goal of all systems of ancient ethics; according to Aristotle, the...
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Introduction: Environmental Virtue Ethics
By: Ronald SandlerIt is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility.—Rachel CarsonWhen we see land as a...
View ArticleEthics-related News and Stories From Around The World
NEWNew evidence of torture prison in PolandAbu Dhabi Sheikh tortures a man on videoAfghan leader 'legalise rape'Former Israeli president charged with rapeCriticism flies after quick court verdict in...
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Virtue
From The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, Simon BlackburnVirtue A virtue is a trait of character that is to be admired: one rendering its possessor better, either morally, or intellectually, or in the...
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Akrasia
J. C. B. GoslingSocrates questioned whether one could ever deliberately, when able to follow either course, choose the worse, because overcome by fear, pleasure, etc.—i.e. whether akrasia could occur....
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Who are the Global Terrorists?
By Noam ChomskyAfter the atrocities of 11 September, the victim declared a "war on terrorism," targeting not just the suspected perpetrators, but the country in which they were located, and others...
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The Ethics of Philosophical Practice
Prof. R. W. HepburnPhilosophical practice makes strenuous moral demands: honesty and fairness to opponents in argument; an ability to tolerate prolonged uncertainty over serious issues; the strength of...
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Emotion
AustinE.GriggUniversity of RichmondAn emotion can be described as a person's acute or relatively short-lived reaction that is revealed in his or her behavior as well as felt in his or her conscious...
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Practical Wisdom in Environmental Education
David Havlick ; Marion HourdequinAffiliations:Department of Geography, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USADepartment of Philosophy, BrandeisUniversity, Waltham, MA, USAAbstractTo create...
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On the Dedication to "That Single Individual"
Soren KierkegaardTranslated by Chrarles B. Bellinger(please see Note 1 before continuing)My dear, accept this dedication; it is given over, as it were, blindfolded, but therefore undisturbed by any...
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Aristotle on Making Other Selves *
[Aristotle's view on friendship]ByElijah Millgram / Philosophy DepartmentUniversity of UtahFromCanadian Journal of Philosophy17 (2), June 1987: 361-376. IThere is still a relative paucity of discussion...
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Philosophy And Public Life
Martha Nussbaum, Stelios VirvidakisInterview with Martha NussbaumMartha Nussbaum discusses philosophy's capacity to influence public life; the future of political liberalism and the role of the state;...
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Art And Morality
By Prof. R. HepburnArgument in this area tends to cluster around either of two poles: one seeing the relation between art and morality as close and harmonious, the other more keenly aware of conflicts...
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Moral Character
By Tom L. Beauchamp, James F. ChildressPrinciples of Biomedical Ethics, Oxford University Press, 2008Part I, 2 - Moral CharacterIn Chapter 1, we concentrated on the analysis and justification of acts...
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The Pursuit of Happiness
By Robert DarntonMost Americans take it for granted as a natural extension of "life" and "liberty" But as the author shows, the pursuit of happiness is an idea that has long been debated - and whose...
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Virtue Ethics
Virtue Ethics is person rather than action based. It looks at the moral character of the person carrying out an action.Character-based ethicsA right act is the action a virtues person would do in the...
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