CNOTY ŚRODOWISKOWE W DYSKURSIE EKOFILOZOFII. REFLEKSJE ARETOLOGICZNE WOKÓŁ MONOGRAFII CURRENT CHALLENGES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY

Dominika Dzwonkowska

doi:10.21697/spch.2026.62.A.04

Published: 2026-11-09

Vol. 62 No. 1 (2026)

ENVIRONMENTAL VIRTUES IN THE DISCOURSE OF ECOPHILOSOPHY. ARETOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE MONOGRAPH CURRENT CHALLENGES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY

Dominika Dzwonkowska

Studia Philosophiae Christianae

Section: Papers

https://doi.org/10.21697/spch.2026.62.A.04

Abstract

This article examines key aretological concepts discussed in the monograph Current Challenges of Environmental Philosophy, published in 2023 and edited by Richard Sťahel and Ewa Dědečková. The monograph collects the views of Slovak thinkers on environmental philosophy in the Anthropocene; however, in this article I do not offer a review of the monograph, but analyse it by asking the question: what should the virtues of the Anthropocene be? The book distinguishes between two types of virtues: intellectual virtues and ethical virtues. Intellectual virtues organise the intellectual world, whilst ethical virtues guide our actions and moral choices. In an era where human impact is immense, both types of virtue are of great significance for guiding the actions of the moral agent in a way that takes into account human welfare, economic development and respect for the natural environment. In the monograph, intellectual virtues are only implicitly evident; the need for their integration and their critical significance in the Anthropocene emerges in the solicitation to organise existing knowledge (Sklair), to seek the best development model (Sťahel) or political model (Horyna) for the environment, and through the question of technology and the possibilities for its wise application (Ribeiro). In each article, a clear need for rationality, wisdom, discernment, prudence and other intellectual virtues essential in the Anthropocene is at the heart of the discussion. Nevertheless, intellectual virtues alone are not sufficient to fully protect the environment; ethical virtues are also necessary, as they enable the moral agent to act in the interests of the natural environment. Three such virtues are identified in the monograph: anthropophilia (Sklair), justice (Gümplová) and the virtue of environmental citizenship (Mravcova). Virtues and their proper application require adequate moral education, as Dědečková writes in her chapter, linking the need for environmental education with the shaping of a person’s moral character. Such a list of virtues forms a catalogue of moral competencies essential for environmental protection.

Keywords:

Anthropocene, environmental philosophy, technology, virtue, environmental virtue ethics

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Dzwonkowska, D. (2026). ENVIRONMENTAL VIRTUES IN THE DISCOURSE OF ECOPHILOSOPHY. ARETOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE MONOGRAPH CURRENT CHALLENGES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY. Studia Philosophiae Christianae, 62(1), 95–110. https://doi.org/10.21697/spch.2026.62.A.04

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