Jessica Berman
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231149518
- eISBN:
- 9780231520393
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231149518.003.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century Literature and Modernism
This introductory chapter outlines the role of the modernist narrative in linking ethics and politics using the novel Untouchable (1935) by Indian writer Mulk Raj Anand as an example. The novel tells ...
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This introductory chapter outlines the role of the modernist narrative in linking ethics and politics using the novel Untouchable (1935) by Indian writer Mulk Raj Anand as an example. The novel tells the story of Bakha, an “untouchable” working as a sweeper and cleaner of latrines. Untouchable was one of the first novels to feature a member of the outcaste as a hero, documenting the conflict between Bakha's obligations as a sweeper and his rising ethical awareness, which grows over the course of the novel. The story also revolves around the argument for eradicating the caste system in India. The chapter describes how modernist narrative connects ethical attitudes and responsibilities to the active creation of political relationships and just conduct. It argues that the act of narration, which goes between and among people, constitutes a “web of human relations” in which political action takes place.Less
This introductory chapter outlines the role of the modernist narrative in linking ethics and politics using the novel Untouchable (1935) by Indian writer Mulk Raj Anand as an example. The novel tells the story of Bakha, an “untouchable” working as a sweeper and cleaner of latrines. Untouchable was one of the first novels to feature a member of the outcaste as a hero, documenting the conflict between Bakha's obligations as a sweeper and his rising ethical awareness, which grows over the course of the novel. The story also revolves around the argument for eradicating the caste system in India. The chapter describes how modernist narrative connects ethical attitudes and responsibilities to the active creation of political relationships and just conduct. It argues that the act of narration, which goes between and among people, constitutes a “web of human relations” in which political action takes place.
Joseph A. Selling
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- April 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780198767121
- eISBN:
- 9780191821318
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198767121.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology
With an integrated and adequate view of the human person in place, we can now ask the question about how human persons might go about living ethically. Traditional moral theology presumed that mores, ...
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With an integrated and adequate view of the human person in place, we can now ask the question about how human persons might go about living ethically. Traditional moral theology presumed that mores, or the rules and expectations that had been adopted by the church, were sufficient to insure upright living. The project of implementing the renewal called for at Vatican II looked first to the scriptures and understood ethical living as a process of conversion and a journey toward participation in the Kingdom of God. Theological ethics, therefore, needs to consider not simply behavioural choices but first the basic attitudes or dispositions of the person. The Western tradition has referred to these as virtues.Less
With an integrated and adequate view of the human person in place, we can now ask the question about how human persons might go about living ethically. Traditional moral theology presumed that mores, or the rules and expectations that had been adopted by the church, were sufficient to insure upright living. The project of implementing the renewal called for at Vatican II looked first to the scriptures and understood ethical living as a process of conversion and a journey toward participation in the Kingdom of God. Theological ethics, therefore, needs to consider not simply behavioural choices but first the basic attitudes or dispositions of the person. The Western tradition has referred to these as virtues.
Jessica Berman
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231149518
- eISBN:
- 9780231520393
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231149518.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century Literature and Modernism
This book demonstrates how modernist narrative connects ethical attitudes and responsibilities to the active creation of political relationships and the way we imagine justice. It challenges ...
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This book demonstrates how modernist narrative connects ethical attitudes and responsibilities to the active creation of political relationships and the way we imagine justice. It challenges divisions between “modernist” and “committed” writing, arguing that a continuum of political engagement undergirds modernisms worldwide and that it is strengthened rather than hindered by formal experimentation. In addition to making the case for a transnational model of modernism, the book shows how modernism's play with formal matters, its challenge to the boundaries between fact and fiction, its incorporation of vernacular and folkways, and its engagement with embodied experience and intimacy offer not only an expanded account of modernist texts and commitments but a new way of thinking about what modernism is and can do.Less
This book demonstrates how modernist narrative connects ethical attitudes and responsibilities to the active creation of political relationships and the way we imagine justice. It challenges divisions between “modernist” and “committed” writing, arguing that a continuum of political engagement undergirds modernisms worldwide and that it is strengthened rather than hindered by formal experimentation. In addition to making the case for a transnational model of modernism, the book shows how modernism's play with formal matters, its challenge to the boundaries between fact and fiction, its incorporation of vernacular and folkways, and its engagement with embodied experience and intimacy offer not only an expanded account of modernist texts and commitments but a new way of thinking about what modernism is and can do.
John Martin Rich
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300085471
- eISBN:
- 9780300133806
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300085471.003.0012
- Subject:
- Law, Family Law
This chapter focuses on moral development, which refers to the growth of an individual's ability to distinguish right and wrong and to develop a system of ethical attitudes and values. The chapter ...
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This chapter focuses on moral development, which refers to the growth of an individual's ability to distinguish right and wrong and to develop a system of ethical attitudes and values. The chapter provides a brief summary in terms of the theories bearing on moral development, followed by an application of each theory's findings to corporal punishment. It discloses similarities and differences among the theories and their findings. Finally, it presents other pertinent research findings that do not fit neatly into these theories. Today, it is generally recognized that moral development is studied from three leading theoretical perspectives: social-learning theory, psychoanalytic theory, and cognitive developmental theory. The reason for the brevity of the discussion here is the detailed examination of these theories provided by the previous chapters.Less
This chapter focuses on moral development, which refers to the growth of an individual's ability to distinguish right and wrong and to develop a system of ethical attitudes and values. The chapter provides a brief summary in terms of the theories bearing on moral development, followed by an application of each theory's findings to corporal punishment. It discloses similarities and differences among the theories and their findings. Finally, it presents other pertinent research findings that do not fit neatly into these theories. Today, it is generally recognized that moral development is studied from three leading theoretical perspectives: social-learning theory, psychoanalytic theory, and cognitive developmental theory. The reason for the brevity of the discussion here is the detailed examination of these theories provided by the previous chapters.
