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John, Eileen (2018) Allegory and ethical education : stories for people who know too many stories. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 52 (4). pp. 642-659. doi:10.1111/1467-9752.12327 ISSN 0309-8249.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9752.12327
Abstract
How can stories contribute to ethical education, when they reach people who have already been shaped by many stories, including ethically problematic ones? This question is pursued here by considering Plato's allegory of the cave, focusing on a reading of it offered by Jonathan Lear. Lear claims that the cave allegory aims to undermine its audience's inheritance of stories. I question the possibility and desirability of that project, especially in relation to ethical education. Some works of contemporary fiction by Jenny Erpenbeck and J. M. Coetzee are discussed as stories that use more complex strategies for ethically constructive engagement with story‐saturated audiences.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | L Education > LC Special aspects of education | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Storytelling in literature -- Moral and ethical aspects, Moral education | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Philosophy of Education | ||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0309-8249 | ||||||||
Official Date: | November 2018 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 52 | ||||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 642-659 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/1467-9752.12327 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 29 April 2019 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 December 2020 |
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