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Hobbit Virtues: Rediscovering Virtue Ethics Through J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by: Snyder, Christopher A.Hardcover. NY, Pegasus Books, 1st Ed., 1st Pr., 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 254 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, tan cover boards quarter bound in tan paper, and interior pages with mustard yellow end pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book examines how Tolkien ennobled the small, the humble, and the marginalized in his Middle-earth writings. He featured leaders who were hesitant to exercise power, who were courteous, and who valued wisdom and learning. Each chapter in this book consists of a wide-ranging discussion of a single virtue, as exemplified by a character in Middle-earth. It explains its philosophical or theological roots, and how the virtue is still relevant in a modern democracy. Clean copy. Record # 34560
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