This story is slightly immoral, but so, I guess, are stories based on truth.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Fiction is called immoral, but truths are also stories that bend morality.
- In plain terms
- Stories from truth are just as questionable as made-up ones.
- What can you take from it?
- Truth-based stories often share moral flaws with fiction.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are all stories morally flawed?
- Does truth make stories better?
Another view
Truth can be more ethical than fiction sometimes.
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