The virtue of simplicity

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 85-108

  Gambrel, Joshua Colt ^a   Cafaro, Philip ^a  

^a Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Simplicity; Temperance; Virtue

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; ETHICS; POVERTY;

EID: 77953119935     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-009-9187-0     Document Type: Article

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