ENVIRONMENTAL VIRTUE ETHICS - A NEW DIRECTION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

In this essay, I first extend the insights of virtue ethics into environmental ethics and examine the possible dangers of this approach. Second, I analyze some qualities of character that an environmentally virtuous person must possess. Third, I evaluate ''humility'' as an environmental virtue, specifically, the position of Thomas E. Hill, Jr. I conclude that Hill's conception of ''proper'' humility can be more adequately explicated by associating it with another virtue, environmental ''openness.''