托马斯·希尔是环境美德伦理学领域里举足轻重的人物,其主要的环境美德理论思想是“恰当的谦逊”理论。“恰当的谦逊”是衡量事物重要性的一种态度,它要求人们承认“没有知觉的自然”的重要性,正确地理解自己在自然界中的位置。托马斯·希尔希望人们克服自负和无知,以拥有“恰当的谦逊”。但是,他在论证自己的理论时却呈现出人类中心主义倾向,并且存在阐述不充分的缺陷,因此受到了人们的批评。尽管如此,他的理论对环境保护仍然具有重要的启示意义。
Thomas Hill is a very important figure in the environmental virtue ethics, whose primary theoretical thoughts of environmental virtue is "Proper Humility". "Proper Humility" is an attitude to measure the importance of things, which requires recognition of the importance of consentient nature and appreciation of the people's place in the natural world. Thomas Hill wishes people to overcome self- importance and ignorance to have "Proper Humility". However, when Thomas Hill argued his theory, he showed a tendency of anthropocentrism which be suffered critiques. Nevertheless, his theory is still a very important message for protecting environments.