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Thoreau's Living Ethics
Walden and the Pursuit of Virtue|
29,92 € |
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| Verlag: | University Of Georgia Press |
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| Veröffentl.: | 30.01.2010 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9780820336664 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
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Thoreaus Living Ethics is the first full, rigorous account of Henry Thoreaus ethical philosophy. Focused on Walden but ranging widely across his writings, the study situates Thoreau within a long tradition of ethical thinking in the West, from the ancients to the Romantics and on to the present day. Philip Cafaro shows Thoreau grappling with important ethical questions that agitated his own society and discusses his value for those seeking to understand contemporary ethical issues.Cafaros particular interest is in Thoreaus treatment of virtue ethics: the branch of ethics centered on personal and social flourishing. Ranging across the central elements of Thoreaus philosophy-life, virtue, economy, solitude and society, nature, and politics-Cafaro shows Thoreau developing a comprehensive virtue ethics, less based in ancient philosophy than many recent efforts and more grounded in modern life and experience. He presents Thoreaus evolutionary, experimental ethics as superior to the more static foundational efforts of current virtue ethicists.Another main focus is Thoreaus environmental ethics. The book shows Thoreau not only anticipating recent arguments for wild natures intrinsic value, but also demonstrating how a personal connection to nature furthers self-development, moral character, knowledge, and creativity. Thoreaus life and writings, argues Cafaro, present a positive, life-affirming environmental ethics, combining respect and restraint with an appreciation for human possibilities for flourishing within nature.
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