¿Pero leer novelas nos hace mejores? Ficción literaria y desarrollo moral
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Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
Lejona, España
ISSN: 1794-5887
Year of publication: 2022
Issue Title: Humanitarismo
Volume: 19
Issue: 36
Pages: 239-267
Type: Article
More publications in: Co-herencia: revista de humanidades
Abstract
The novel has been enshrined as being one of the fundamental “vicarious experience techniques” for training our ability to put ourselves in other people’s shoes. There have been many who have seen a clear moral effect in this continuous exploration of otherness. The article reviews (1) the arguments of the enthusiasts of this idea, those who believe that reading novels makes us more empathetic and supportive; (2) those of moderates, who find that, above all, it helps us to exercise our moral judgment, and (3) those of the skeptics, who hardly see any moral purpose in the habit. The author then reviews some complexities of moral development, which make an easy connection unlikely, and concludes by distinguishing the ways in which reading novels can contribute to cultivating the humanity in us and to deepening humanitarianism.
Bibliographic References
- Alteridad, empatía, imaginación, desarrollo moral, literatura