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Ronald Sandler - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Towards an Adequate Environmental Virtue Ethic
Environmental Values, 2004Co-Authors: Ronald SandlerAbstract:In this article I consider four concerns regarding the possibility of an environmental Virtue Ethic functioning as an alternative rather than a supplement to more conventional approaches to environmental Ethics. The concerns are: (1) it is not possible to provide an objective specification of environmental Virtue, (2) an environmental Virtue Ethic will lack the resources to provide critique of obtaining cultural practices and policies, (3) an environmental Virtue Ethic will not provide sufficient action-guidance, (4) an environmental Virtue Ethic cannot ground constraints on human activities regarding the natural environment. Each of these concerns makes a claim about the poverty of normative resources at the disposal of environmental Virtue Ethics. I defend a conception of environmental Virtue as a character Virtue with the same normative standing as the conventional personal and interpersonal Virtues that enables an environmental Virtue Ethic with the wherewithal to address each of the concerns.
Hendrik Bosman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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FROM DIVINE COMMAND AND PROPHETIC GOALS TO SAPIENTIAL CHARACTER FORMATION: A SURVEY OF OLD TESTAMENT EthicAL REFLECTION INFORMED BY PHILOSOPHICAL EthicS
Scriptura, 2015Co-Authors: Hendrik BosmanAbstract:CITATION: Bosman, H. 2014. From divine command and prophetic goals to sapiential character formation: a survey of Old Testament Ethical reflection informed by philosophical Ethics. Scriptura, 113(1):1-12, doi:10.7833/113-0-907.The original publication is available at http://scriptura.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/907At first attention will be given to recent surveys of the study of Old Testament Ethical reflection. Then it will be argued that the study of Ethics in general can provide a theoretical frame according to which different modes of Ethical reflection can be discerned in the Old Testament: -A deontological ‘Divine command’ type of Ethic rooted in the theophany on Mount Sinai through the communication of the Ten Commandments and the ‘mitzvot’. -A teleological or consequentialist type of Ethic manifested in the prophetic emphasis on a covenantal relationship with God and other human beings. - A perfectionist or Virtue Ethic found in later wisdom and priestly literature that aspires to be wise and holy. - A descriptive Ethic that focuses on the ‘is’ of Old Testament Ethics then and not on the ‘ought’ of modern Ethics now. In conclusion, it will be suggested that more attention should be given to the dialogue between the study of biblical Ethics and the meta-theory undergirding philosophical Ethics.http://scriptura.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/907Publisher's versio
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From divine command and prophetic goals to sapiential character formation : a survey of Old Testament Ethical reflection informed by philosophical Ethics
Scriptura : international journal of bible religion and theology in southern Africa, 2014Co-Authors: Hendrik BosmanAbstract:At first attention will be given to recent surveys of the study of Old Testament Ethical reflection. Then it will be argued that the study of Ethics in general can provide a theoretical frame according to which different modes of Ethical reflection can be discerned in the Old Testament: A deontological ‘Divine command’ type of Ethic rooted in the theophany on Mount Sinai through the communication of the Ten Commandments and the ‘mitzvot’. A teleological or consequentialist type of Ethic manifested in the prophetic emphasis on a covenantal relationship with God and other human beings. A perfectionist or Virtue Ethic found in later wisdom and priestly literature that aspires to be wise and holy. A descriptive Ethic that focuses on the ‘is’ of Old Testament Ethics then and not on the ‘ought’ of modern Ethics now. In conclusion, it will be suggested that more attention should be given to the dialogue between the study of biblical Ethics and the meta-theory undergirding philosophical Ethics.
Anders Melin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Towards a Theological Virtue Ethic for the Preservation of Biodiversity
2009Co-Authors: Anders MelinAbstract:As is well known, the depletion of biodiversity is a significant environmental problem and it is essential that Christian Ethics develops a response to it. One promising basis for such a response is the Christian Virtue Ethical tradition. In this paper I discuss some problems and possibilities with developing a th eological Virtue Ethic for the preservation of biodiversity. My starting-point is Thomas Aquinas' Virtue Ethics, which still has a strong position within Christian Ethics. It h as also been suggested by some authors, for instanc e Celia Deane-Drummond, that it can be applied in an enviro nmental context. First, I describe Deane-Drummond application of Aquinas and then I discuss some prob lems and possibilities with such an application. Author Keywords: Biodiversity, Virtue Ethics, Aquinas, Deane-Drummond
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Towards a theological Virtue Ethic for the preservation of biodiversity
European Journal of Science and Theology, 2008Co-Authors: Anders MelinAbstract:In this paper I discuss how a Virtue Ethic for the preservation of biodiversity may look like. The starting-point is the Virtue Ethic proposed by Celia Deane-Drummond. She suggests that the four cardinal Virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance should form the basis of an Ethic of nature. Of this four, prudence is the most fundamental. Moreover, Deane-Drummond states that the intellectual Virtue of wisdom also is important in the context of environmental policy-making. In this paper I argue that another fundamental Virtue is needed whose degree of abstractness is situated somewhere in between prudence and wisdom and I propose that respect could be such a Virtue. In the last section I outline how it can be applied in the context of biodiversity preservation. (Less)
Linda Zagzebski - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Linda Zagzebski's Virtues of the Mind@@@Virtues of the Mind: An Inquiry into the Nature of Virtue and the Ethical Foundations of Knowledge
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 2000Co-Authors: Hilary Kornblith, Linda ZagzebskiAbstract:Linda Zagzebski has an interesting project in this book. She wishes to develop an epistemological theory which is informed by work in Virtue Ethics. While a number of authors have presented epistemological theories which revolve around a notion of intellectual Virtue, I believe that Zagzebski is right in thinking that many of these accounts, for better or worse, are not rooted in the kind of Virtue Ethic she favors. For example, Ernest Sosa's1 notion of intellectual Virtue is, in large measure, reliabilist; what makes an intellectual trait a Virtue, on his account, is explained in terms of its tendency to produce true beliefs (although the role of a coherent epistemic perspective is also included). But many Virtue Ethicists do not define the moral Virtues in such instrumental terms. An epistemology which models itself on this second kind of view must take the notion of intellectual Virtue as its centerpiece, explaining the nature of Virtue in something other than instrumental terms, and explaining other epistemic notions in terms of the Virtues. What marks Zagzebski's work as distinctive is this attempt to model an epistemological theory on just such a Virtue Ethic. Exciting as this is, I have a number of questions about the enterprise, both in overall conception and in its details. I'll try to raise a number of these points here. Let us start with Zagzebski's account of a (morally) right act:
Gong Wan-cheng - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Comparison of WANG Yang-ming's "Innate Knowledge" and Kant's "Free Will"
Journal of Chongqing Jiaotong University, 2008Co-Authors: Gong Wan-chengAbstract:Chinese moral philosophy,Kant and WANG Yang-ming respectively build the reason Ethic and Virtue Ethic by the center of innate knowledge and free will.There are similarities and differences between innate knowledge and free will.They have self-discipline and transcendentalism.They both have the idea of good and evil and critical spirit.They have different scopes,different premises of philosophy,and different conditions.There are possibility and necessity of fusion and complement between Chinese and non-Chinese philosophies,which can give enlightenments for people to get rid of the present moral crisis and establish world Ethic.
