Moral Philosophical Approach
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
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If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Moral Lessons or Values Taught at Different Stages
Advantages VS Disadvantages
Children
- kindness
- sharing is caring
- manners (be polite)
Teenager
- do not gossip
- treat others the way you want to be treated
- self love
- education is the key
- respect
Adult
- compassion
- forgiveness
- love
- hard work
Advantages
- useful when investigating themes and motifs
- how it affects the reader
- true meaning of the literature (if there is an message)
Disadvantages
- seems to be too judgement, but should be based on the artistic side and not always morals
Believers in the Approach
Horace
- believed literature should be delightful and instructive
- acknowledging literature power by believing it is capable of corrupting morals and undermining religion
Plato
- literature must exhibit moralism
Aristotle
- considered literature capable of fostering virtue
Samuel Johnson
- function of literature is to teach morality and probe philosophical issues
3 Categories
Metaethics
- finds where our morality stems from and how they are symbolic
Applied Ethics
- applies philosophical uses to discover controversial problems and offer solutions to moral problems
Normative Ethics
- discovers moral qualities to portray right from wrong
Moral Philosophical Approach
-examines literature that can be distinguish in what is makes it right or wrong
-most important use of literature is to teach morals and determine a philosophical view of human actions
- trying to display an "message" through the literature
-literature can be evaluated according to values