{"id":{"repo_id":"unt","oai_identifier":"info:ark/67531/metadc4859"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/unt/info:ark/67531/metadc4859","repository":{"repo_id":"unt","name":"University of North Texas","base_url":"https://digital.library.unt.edu/oai/"},"display":{"title":"Environmental Virtue Education: Ancient Wisdom Applied","abstract":"The focus of environmental philosophy has thus far heavily depended on the extension of rights to nonhuman nature. Due to inherent difficulties with this approach to environmental problems, I propose a shift from the contemporary language of rights and duties to the concept of character development. I claim that a theory of environmental virtue ethics can circumvent many of the difficulties arising from the language of rights, duties, and moral claims by emphasizing the cultivation of certain dispositions in the individual moral agent. In this thesis, I examine the advantages of virtue ethics over deontological and utilitarian theories to show the potential of developing an ecological virtue ethic. I provide a preliminary list of ecological virtues by drawing on Aristotle's account of traditional virtues as well as on contemporary formulations of environmental virtues. Then, I propose that certain types of rules (rules of thumb) are valuable for the cultivation of environmental virtues, since they affect the way the moral agent perceives a particular situation. Lastly, I offer preliminary formulations of these rules of thumb.","abstract_html":"The focus of environmental philosophy has thus far heavily depended on the extension of rights to nonhuman nature. Due to inherent difficulties with this approach to environmental problems, I propose a shift from the contemporary language of rights and duties to the concept of character development. I claim that a theory of environmental virtue ethics can circumvent many of the difficulties arising from the language of rights, duties, and moral claims by emphasizing the cultivation of certain dispositions in the individual moral agent. In this thesis, I examine the advantages of virtue ethics over deontological and utilitarian theories to show the potential of developing an ecological virtue ethic. I provide a preliminary list of ecological virtues by drawing on Aristotle's account of traditional virtues as well as on contemporary formulations of environmental virtues. Then, I propose that certain types of rules (rules of thumb) are valuable for the cultivation of environmental virtues, since they affect the way the moral agent perceives a particular situation. Lastly, I offer preliminary formulations of these rules of thumb.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Lindemann, Monica A."],"institution":"University of North Texas","degree_name":null,"degree_level":null,"degree_discipline":null,"degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Hargrove, Eugene C., 1944-","James, George A.","Yaffe, Martin D."],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2005,"date_issued":"2005-08","date_published":"2005-08","updated_at":"2026-07-24T05:35:09Z","subjects":["Environmental ethics -- Study and teaching.","Virtue -- Study and teaching.","rights and duties","environmental ethics","virtue ethics","moral perception"],"languages":["English"],"rights":["Public","Copyright","Lindemann, Monica A.","Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved."],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["oclc: 68181960","https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4859/","ark: ark:/67531/metadc4859"],"render_values":[{"text":"oclc: 68181960","href":null,"code":true},{"text":"https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4859/","href":"https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4859/","code":true},{"text":"ark: ark:/67531/metadc4859","href":null,"code":true}]}]},"links":{"outbound_url":"https://doi.org/10.12794/metadc4859","outbound_label":"DOI","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Hargrove, Eugene C., 1944-","James, George A.","Yaffe, Martin D."]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Lindemann, Monica A."]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date","label":"Dc Date","values":["2005-08"]},{"key":"dc:publisher","label":"Institution","values":["University of North Texas"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Thesis or Dissertation"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Environmental ethics -- Study and teaching.","Virtue -- Study and teaching.","rights and duties","environmental ethics","virtue ethics","moral perception"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language","label":"Dc Language","values":["English"]},{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["Public","Copyright","Lindemann, Monica A.","Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved."]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["oclc: 68181960","doi: 10.12794/metadc4859","https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4859/","ark: ark:/67531/metadc4859"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description","label":"Description","values":["The focus of environmental philosophy has thus far heavily depended on the extension of rights to nonhuman nature. Due to inherent difficulties with this approach to environmental problems, I propose a shift from the contemporary language of rights and duties to the concept of character development. I claim that a theory of environmental virtue ethics can circumvent many of the difficulties arising from the language of rights, duties, and moral claims by emphasizing the cultivation of certain dispositions in the individual moral agent. In this thesis, I examine the advantages of virtue ethics over deontological and utilitarian theories to show the potential of developing an ecological virtue ethic. I provide a preliminary list of ecological virtues by drawing on Aristotle's account of traditional virtues as well as on contemporary formulations of environmental virtues. Then, I propose that certain types of rules (rules of thumb) are valuable for the cultivation of environmental virtues, since they affect the way the moral agent perceives a particular situation. Lastly, I offer preliminary formulations of these rules of thumb."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["Text"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Environmental Virtue Education: Ancient Wisdom Applied"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Hargrove, Eugene C., 1944-","James, George A.","Yaffe, Martin D."],"dc:creator":["Lindemann, Monica A."],"dc:date":["2005-08"],"dc:description":["The focus of environmental philosophy has thus far heavily depended on the extension of rights to nonhuman nature. Due to inherent difficulties with this approach to environmental problems, I propose a shift from the contemporary language of rights and duties to the concept of character development. I claim that a theory of environmental virtue ethics can circumvent many of the difficulties arising from the language of rights, duties, and moral claims by emphasizing the cultivation of certain dispositions in the individual moral agent. In this thesis, I examine the advantages of virtue ethics over deontological and utilitarian theories to show the potential of developing an ecological virtue ethic. I provide a preliminary list of ecological virtues by drawing on Aristotle's account of traditional virtues as well as on contemporary formulations of environmental virtues. Then, I propose that certain types of rules (rules of thumb) are valuable for the cultivation of environmental virtues, since they affect the way the moral agent perceives a particular situation. Lastly, I offer preliminary formulations of these rules of thumb."],"dc:format":["Text"],"dc:identifier":["oclc: 68181960","doi: 10.12794/metadc4859","https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4859/","ark: ark:/67531/metadc4859"],"dc:language":["English"],"dc:publisher":["University of North Texas"],"dc:rights":["Public","Copyright","Lindemann, Monica A.","Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved."],"dc:subject":["Environmental ethics -- Study and teaching.","Virtue -- Study and teaching.","rights and duties","environmental ethics","virtue ethics","moral perception"],"dc:title":["Environmental Virtue Education: Ancient Wisdom Applied"],"dc:type":["Thesis or Dissertation"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-24T05:35:09Z"}