Professor Simon James' Outputs (2)

Human Virtues and Natural Values (2006)
Journal Article
James, S. P. (2006). Human Virtues and Natural Values. Environmental Ethics, 28(4), 339-354

In several works, Holmes Rolston III has argued that a satisfactory environmental ethic cannot be built on a virtue ethical foundation. His first argument amounts to the charge that because virtue ethics is by nature 'self-centred' or egoistic it is... Read More about Human Virtues and Natural Values.

‘Buddhism and the Ethics of Species Conservation’ (2006)
Journal Article
James Simon, P. (2006). ‘Buddhism and the Ethics of Species Conservation’. Environmental Values, 15(1), 85-97. https://doi.org/10.3197/096327106776678942

Efforts to conserve endangered species of animal are, in some important respects, at odds with Buddhist ethics. On the one hand, being abstract entities, species cannot suffer, and so cannot be proper objects of compassion or similar moral virtues. O... Read More about ‘Buddhism and the Ethics of Species Conservation’.