We care about moral issues, nobility, decency, happiness, goodness-the issues that matter in the real world, but which can only be addressed, in their purity, in fiction.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Fiction allows us to explore pure moral and ethical issues that are messy in reality.
- In plain terms
- Stories let us discuss goodness and morality more clearly than real life.
- What can you take from it?
- Use fiction to clarify moral values.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can fiction teach ethics?
- Is art better than reality?
Another view
Real life also addresses these issues.
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