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

by Melissa Lane

Book Overview

Ancient lessons for sustainable citizenship

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 new vision of citizenship that can make such a society a reality. Melissa Lane develops...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691162204
• ISBN13: 9780691162201
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"