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I wrote a peer-reviewed paper that was published in the journal Environmental Philosophy. The paper is titled “Henry David Thoreau: Greatness of Soul and Environmental Virtue.”

The journal’s webpage for my work is available here.

Here is my paper’s abstract:

“I read Henry David Thoreau as an environmental virtue theorist. In this paper, I use Thoreau’s work as a tool to explore the relation between the virtue of greatness of soul and environmental virtues. Reflecting on connections between Thoreau’s texts and historical discussions of greatness of soul, or magnanimity, I offer a novel conception of magnanimity. I argue that (1) to become magnanimous, most individuals need to acquire the environmental virtue of simplicity; and (2) magnanimous individuals must possess the environmental virtue of benevolence in order to achieve their goals.”