TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clowney, David
TI  - Biophilia as an Environmental Virtue
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Glassboro
PB  - Springer
KW  - biophilia
KW  - collective virtue
KW  - environmental virtue
N2  - Beginning with E. O. Wilson’s notion of biophilia, our “innate tendency to focus on life and life-like processes,” I construct an environmental virtue with the same name that meets certain criteria an environmental virtue should meet. I argue that this virtue can have its status as a virtue by its contribution to human flourishing, while having care for live nature as its target, and care about live nature as its affective content. I explore its characteristics as both an individual and a collective virtue, and finally show how cultivation of it might serve to unite various communities in the cause of preserving biodiversity
UR  - DOI 10.1007/s10806-013-9437-z
ER  -