By Nancy M. Rourke. Creates an ecological model through which we can form images of moral character. Integrates concepts of ecology with Aquinas’ vision and describes the dynamics of a moral character in terms of the processes and functions that take place in an ecosystem. Also describes the virtues, the passions, the will, and the intellect in terms of this model. Asks readers to choose the models we use to imagine moral character and offers this ecological virtue model as a vital framework for a period of environmental crisis. Read more.