Thoreau's Living Ethics

Thoreau's Living Ethics
Author :
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Total Pages : 288
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780820336664
ISBN-13 : 0820336661
Rating : 4/5 (661 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Thoreau's Living Ethics by : Philip Cafaro

Download or read book Thoreau's Living Ethics written by Philip Cafaro and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2010-01-25 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


Thoreau's Living Ethics Related Books

Thoreau's Living Ethics
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: Philip Cafaro
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-01-25 - Publisher: University of Georgia Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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
Thoreau's Living Ethics
Language: en
Pages: 289
Authors: Philip Cafaro
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: University of Georgia Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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
Thoreau's Living Ethics
Language: en
Pages: 287
Authors: Philip Cafaro
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: University of Georgia Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"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 c
Thoreau's Importance for Philosophy
Language: en
Pages: 313
Authors: Rick Anthony Furtak
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-08-14 - Publisher: Fordham Univ Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Although Henry David Thoreau's best-known book, Walden, is admired as a classic work of American literature, it has not yet been widely recognized as an importa
Thoreau's Nature
Language: en
Pages: 180
Authors: Jane Bennett
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Thoreau's Nature: Ethics, Politics, and the Wild explores how Thoreau crafted a life open to 'the Wild,' a term that marks the startling element of foreignness