Thoreau's Living Ethics: Walden and the Pursuit of VirtueUniversity of Georgia Press, 25 de jan. de 2010 - 288 páginas Thoreau's Living Ethics is the first full, rigorous account of Henry Thoreau's 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. Cafaro's particular interest is in Thoreau's treatment of virtue ethics: the branch of ethics centered on personal and social flourishing. Ranging across the central elements of Thoreau's 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 Thoreau's evolutionary, experimental ethics as superior to the more static foundational efforts of current virtue ethicists. Another main focus is Thoreau's environmental ethics. The book shows Thoreau not only anticipating recent arguments for wild nature's intrinsic value, but also demonstrating how a personal connection to nature furthers self-development, moral character, knowledge, and creativity. Thoreau's 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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... particular issues were Paul Cafaro , John Garber , Gary Collison , Sandra Petrulionis , Jane Bennett , William Chaloupka , Bruce Ronda , SueEllen Campbell , and Philip Koch . My parents , Claire Cafaro and Ralph Cafaro Jr. , also pro ...
... particular rights and on justifying egalitarianism , rather than on self - cultivation or supe- rior achievement , which , when successful , tend to accentuate human inequality . Emerson does speak of duties , but they are not the ...
... particular , easy and of much mildness .... To these graces were added great ability of body , and much eloquence , and very deep knowledge in all parts of philosophy and learning . " 27 Here is an ancient conception of virtue that ...
Walden and the Pursuit of Virtue Philip Cafaro. does criticize particular acts of Raleigh's and mark certain deficiencies in his character. Thoreau's treatment of heroism is far subtler here than in "The Service," engaging difficulties ...
... but a handful of contemporary philosophers.Walden, in particular, remains a remarkable if largely neglected philosophical resource, as I hope to show. Life Henry Thoreau went to Walden Pond to take up the challenge 15.
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Virtue | 45 |
Economy | 76 |
Solitude and Society | 106 |
Nature | 139 |
Politics | 174 |
Foundations | 205 |
Death | 230 |
A Note to the Reader | 237 |
Notes | 239 |
Bibliography | 259 |
Index | 265 |