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The Role Of Nature In John Muir's Conception Of The Good Life, Randy R. Larsen
The Role Of Nature In John Muir's Conception Of The Good Life, Randy R. Larsen
Antioch University Full-Text Dissertations & Theses
Aristotle says our best moral guidance comes from considering the lives of exemplary individuals. I explore John Muir, as an exemplar of environmental virtue, and consider the role of Nature in his conception of the good life. I argue his conception consists of a web of virtue including various goods, values, and virtues. I suggest three virtues are cardinal: attentiveness, gratitude and reverence. I explore how Muir cultivated these virtues in Nature.
I argue Muir sought freedom from a popular conception of the good life, grounded in the gilded age values of money and materialism, and was sensitive to the …