Eco-Republic : What the Ancients Can Teach Us About Ethics, Virtue, and Sustainable Living.

An ecologically sustainable society cannot be achieved without citizens who possess the virtues and values that will foster it, and who believe that individual actions can indeed make a difference. Eco-Republic draws on ancient Greek thought--and Plato's Republic in particular--to put forward a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lane, Melissa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Climatic changes > Philosophy.
Climatic changes > Political aspects.
Sustainability > Philosophy.
Sustainability > Political aspects.
Climat > Changements > Philosophie.
Climat > Changements > Aspect politique.
Durabilité de l'environnement > Philosophie.
Durabilité de l'environnement > Aspect politique.
Climatic changes > Political aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; ECO-REPUBLIC; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Part I INERTIA; Prologue to Chapter 1: Plato's Cave; 1 Introduction: Inertia as Failure of the Political Imagination; An Unconsciously Platonic Prologue to Chapter 2: Carbon Detox; 2 From Greed to Glory: Ancient to Modern Ethics
  • and Back Again?; Prologue to Chapter 3: Plato's Ring of Gyges; 3 Underpinning Inertia: The Idea of Negligibility; Part II IMAGINATION; Prologue to Chapter 4: Post-Platonic Perspectives on the Republic; 4 Meet Plato's Republic; Prologue to Chapter 5: Plato on Why Virtue Matters.
  • 5 The City and the SoulPrologue to Chapter 6: Plato's Idea of the Good; 6 The Idea of the Good; Part III INITIATIVE; Prologue to Chapter 7: Revisiting Plato's Cave; 7 Initiative and Individuals: A (Partly) Platonic Political Project; Notes; Works Cited; Index.

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