| Table of Contents |
| | Acknowledgments | ix |
| 1. | Just What Sort of Person Would Do That? | 1 |
| | Introduction | 1 |
| | Moral Reasoning in Contemporary Ethics | 5 |
| | Virtue Ethics | 15 |
| 2. | Virtue Ethics and Environmental Virtue Ethics | 25 |
| | Virtue and Flourishing | 26 |
| | Middle Way | 31 |
| | Emotion and Action | 34 |
| | Virtue and the Environment | 37 |
| 3. | Virtue: A Constellation of Concerns | 45 |
| | Virtue and Living Well | 45 |
| | Typology of Virtue: Individual, Social, and Environmental | 54 |
| 4. | Story of Simplicity: A Case Study in Virtue | 63 |
| | Scope of Simplicity: More Than Material Restraint | 64 |
| | Scope of Simplicity: A 'Comprehensive' Virtue | 71 |
| | Thoreau's Narrative | 85 |
| 5. | Challenge of Postmodernity | 87 |
| | Imprecision and Variability of Virtue Ethics | 87 |
| | Postmodern Condition | 89 |
| | Postmodern Temptations: Hamlet's Indecision and Meursault's Indifference | 94 |
| | "Postmodern" Virtue Ethics | 99 |
| 6. | Narrative Theory: Stories and Our Lives | 109 |
| | Paul Ricoeur and Narrative Identity | 110 |
| | Richard Kearney and Narrative Epiphanies | 116 |
| | Martha Nussbaum and the Judicious Spectator | 122 |
| | Wayne Booth and Coduction | 131 |
| | Objections: The Return of Relativism and the Excesses of Imagination | 137 |
| 7. | Narrative Environmental Virtue Ethics | 155 |
| | Introduction: Ethical Formation and Reformation | 155 |
| | Ethical Education: Motivation and Transmission | 161 |
| | Ethical Experimentation: Discernment and Understanding | 169 |
| | Ethical Formation: Application and Cultivation | 175 |
| 8. | Epilogue: The "Narrative Goodness" Approach | 185 |
| | Need for Virtue Ethics and the Need for Narrative | 185 |
| | Three Important Clarifications | 191 |
| | Literature of Life: A Life Worth Living, a Story Worth Telling | 196 |
| | Notes | 199 |
| | Index | 239 |
