The importance of participatory virtues in the future of environmental education

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 419-434

  Ferkany, Matt ^a   Whyte, Kyle Powys ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deliberative democracy; Deliberative virtues; Environmental education; Environmental ethics education; Environmental politics; Environmental values; Environmental virtue; Intellectual virtues; What virtues really matter; Wicked problems

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; ETHICS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

EID: 84861008700     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-011-9312-8     Document Type: Article

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