ABSTRACT
In this part of the book, I present a universalistic, positive, and practical concept of EVE that could serve as a sort of supplementary voice in a multitude of approaches to environmental virtue ethics. In this chapter, I also present Louke van Wensveen’s claim that virtue language should be revived. Van Wensveen claims that we should revive virtue language and use virtue terms instead of words like ‘competence,’ ‘attitude,’ or ‘skill.’ This postulate played a crucial role in the beginning of EVE as it led many ethicians to develop original environmental virtue ethics concepts. However, almost two decades later, it should be revisited as we need these excluded terms in order to describe many philosophical phenomena that are associated with the practical application of virtue. I support my claim by applying to Mark Coeckelbergh’s concept of environmental skills as part of the practical aspect of virtue. In Section 8.3, I present the importance of moral education in environmental virtue ethics, with a focus on narrative as a tool for effective moral formation.
