Narratives Hold Open the Future
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20335014 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jodi Halpern (0000-0002-2145-4744, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | s1 |
| Pages | S25-7 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Hastings Center Report (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-0334 • E-ISSN: 1552-146X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/hast.265 |
| PMID | 24408703 |
| OpenAlex | W2007431086 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
Principles are static; narratives move. They show us how people change; they depict character development and moral growth (or decline). They do this by pulling us inside lived time, where we empathize with a character's dilemmas about, and responsibility for, his or her future. This feature of narratives fits well with ethics, for ethics begins with practical questions about what to do or how to be (or even whether to be). Such questions require that one view the future as something one has some freedom to shape. Narrative and principle‐based ethics support each other, and both are necessary, but in this essay I will focus on one side and consider how narrative dynamism enlivens a static bioethical principle, opening up new possibilities for moral action
Action (physics) · Aesthetics · Bioethics · Business ethics · Character (mathematics) · Dynamism · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Moral character · Narrative · Political science · Sociology · Aging and Gerontology Research · Empathy and Medical Education · Law · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |