Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, authorGesellschaft für Ökologisch-Nachhaltige Entwicklung, publisher2007-01-032007-01-032005Rolston, Holmes, III, Umwelt-Tugendethik: die Halbe Warheit - sie für das Ganze zu Halten, ist aber Gefährlich, Natur und Kultur: Transdisziplinäre Zeitschrift für Ökologische Nachhaltigkeit 6, no. 1 (2005): 93-112.http://hdl.handle.net/10217/41098Originally published as: "Environmental Virtue Ethics: Half the Truth but Dangerous as a Whole." Pages 61-78 in Ronald Sandler and Philip Cafaro, eds., Environmental Virtue Ethics. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2005.Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-112).Virtue cannot be self-contained but must be in place. We actualize a uniquely human capacity for excellence when we respect non-human life. If this excellence really comes from appreciating otherness, then such human virtue is tributary to value in other forms of life. If an environmental virtue ethics is unable to disentwine human virtues from intrinsic values in nature, we have but a half truth, dangerous if taken for the whole.born digitalarticlesger©2005 Gesellschaft für Ökologisch-Nachhaltige Entwicklung.Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.half truthhuman virtuesnaturecharactersense of placeunexamined lifecaringvaluesethicscultureenvironmental virtue ethicsrespect for lifeintrinsic valueText