The Heart of What Matters: The Role for Literature in Moral PhilosophyUniversity of California Press, 11 de set. 2001 - 306 pàgines The Heart of What Matters shows that literature has a powerful and unique role to play in understanding life's deepest ethical problems. Anthony Cunningham provides a rigorous critique of Kantian ethics, which has enjoyed a preeminent place in moral philosophy in the United States, arguing that it does not do justice to the reality of our lives. He demonstrates how fine literature can play an important role in honing our capacity to see clearly and choose wisely as he develops a moral philosophy that engages with our intimate emotional concerns. Written in an accessible style and drawing from a provocative body of contemporary literature, this book shows how moral philosophy can reach a far wider audience than it has. In part one of this book, Cunningham sketches out the theoretical basis for a redefined conception of moral philosophy. In part two, he engages in extended analyses of novels that address significant life and character issues, specifically Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, Toni Morrison's Beloved, and Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God and Seraph on the Suwanee. Cunningham shows exactly how works like these can inform moral philosophy. Drawing from film, history, psychology, and other social sciences in addition to literature, this book adds to the growing number of works that use literature for ethical analysis and to the growing controversy over Kantian ethic |
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... Sethe must aim at something so horrible that even years of careful denial can- not prevent her breakdown when she is forced to reckon with the horror . But far from being a result of weakness or vice , her breakdown is a function of ...
... Sethe must aim at something so horrible that even years of careful denial can- not prevent her breakdown when she is forced to reckon with the horror . But far from being a result of weakness or vice , her breakdown is a function of ...
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... Sethe , and Janie Crawford provide us with thick descriptions of ways of life and forms of character , descriptions thick enough to do justice to creatures like us . Literature can provide not only essential details but also the right ...
... Sethe , and Janie Crawford provide us with thick descriptions of ways of life and forms of character , descriptions thick enough to do justice to creatures like us . Literature can provide not only essential details but also the right ...
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Pàgina 7 - Romeo, and when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine, That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish Sun.
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Ethics, Literature, and Theory: An Introductory Reader Stephen K. George Previsualització limitada - 2005 |