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This article looks at the influence of literature on morality. The idea that art or literature has or can have something to do with morality is an old and enduring idea, but today this idea appears in at least two continuing discussions.
1 sty 2009 · By definition, moral values can be defined as the standards of directing one's behaviors which function to give shape to themselves and to social life (Eglimez,...
When asked what is learned in literature, the most often given answer is that it is dependent upon what is read, by whom, and in what spirit. However, the point in question in this chapter focuses on two aspects: what literature can contribute to education and what literature can contribute to moral education.
24 lip 2018 · The Philosophy of Literature. Oxford: Blackwell, 2009. One of the best introductions to the field. Carefully distinguishes philosophical approaches to literature from those of other disciplines and identifies the main strands of argument in the major theoretical debates over literature as an art.
1 sty 2019 · Effective co-operation between hermeneutic, sociological, phenomenological, and empirical-psychological approaches is needed to shed more light on the conditions that foster particular sorts of ethical—or pro-social—effects of literary reading.
The argument is that reading literature can promote moral understand- ing, particularly by eliciting and educating emotions that are part and parcel of moral understanding.
20 lip 2007 · Philosophy can explore moral concepts and examine moral theories through literary texts. Often, literary texts put complex situations under a new light, and hence create an opportunity for thought experiments (Currie 1998; 176) and ethical expeditions (McGinn 1997; 177).
