Comments on: Can classic lit make you more ethical? http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/04/can-classic-lit-make-you-more-ethical/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:51:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tony Rabig http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/04/can-classic-lit-make-you-more-ethical/comment-page-1/#comment-1009973 Tony Rabig Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:03:11 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/04/can-classic-lit-make-you-more-ethical/#comment-1009973 All true enough. But before anyone decides that the classics will make you a more ethical person, it wouldn't hurt to check out Peter Thorpe's book Why Literature Is Bad for You. Bests to all, --tr All true enough. But before anyone decides that the classics will make you a more ethical person, it wouldn’t hurt to check out Peter Thorpe’s book Why Literature Is Bad for You.

Bests to all,

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]]> By: Joy Chan http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/04/can-classic-lit-make-you-more-ethical/comment-page-1/#comment-1009875 Joy Chan Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:54:04 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/04/can-classic-lit-make-you-more-ethical/#comment-1009875 Reading affects your thinking, so it can certainly affect your ethics. Even stories that do not make any attempt to change your world view, can do so. Literature, magazines, movies, television etc can all affect your ethics, for better or for worse. Reading affects your thinking, so it can certainly affect your ethics. Even stories that do not make any attempt to change your world view, can do so. Literature, magazines, movies, television etc can all affect your ethics, for better or for worse.

]]> By: Katherine http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/04/can-classic-lit-make-you-more-ethical/comment-page-1/#comment-1009813 Katherine Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:44:03 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/04/can-classic-lit-make-you-more-ethical/#comment-1009813 Well sure. What else are the Bible, Greek and Norse myths, fairy tales, etc. but ways to teach a lesson/make a point/pass on values in entertaining and memorable ways? More recently, what about Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, which helped lead to reforms in meatpacking plants? I doubt it's as simple as "read a classic novel - become more ethical" but surely reading has some effect on one's ethical development. Well sure. What else are the Bible, Greek and Norse myths, fairy tales, etc. but ways to teach a lesson/make a point/pass on values in entertaining and memorable ways? More recently, what about Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, which helped lead to reforms in meatpacking plants? I doubt it’s as simple as “read a classic novel – become more ethical” but surely reading has some effect on one’s ethical development.

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