Thursday, December 10, 2009

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The Cultivation of Cardinal Virtues for Environmental Ethics

Aquinas's articulation of the Cardinal Virtues of Prudence, Temperance, Justice, and Fortitude provides us with a model for growing closer to Christ. The cultivation of virtue in our own lives has social and cultural implications. Those implications within the realm of environmental ethics, as particularly related to Mountaintop Removal Mining (MTR) are explored:
Virtue and Environmental Ethics