On Morality
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"On Morality" is an influential essay by Joan Didion that examines the fragility and hypocrisy of conventional moral codes, collected in her 1968 nonfiction book Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay
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nonfiction essay ⓘ |
| author | Joan Didion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | Slouching Towards Bethlehem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| discusses |
difference between manners and morals
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personal codes of conduct ⓘ social expectations ⓘ |
| examines |
limits of moral judgment
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role of narrative in justifying moral choices ⓘ tension between public morality and private behavior ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Slouching Towards Bethlehem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
journalistic essay
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literary essay ⓘ philosophical essay ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasNotableQuote | ‘Because when we start deceiving ourselves into thinking not that we want something or need something... but that it is a moral imperative that we have it, then is when we join the fashionable madmen...’ ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
skeptical of absolute moral rules
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subjective ⓘ |
| includedInBook | Slouching Towards Bethlehem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | discussions of ethics in American nonfiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | New Journalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
American culture
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fragility of moral codes ⓘ hypocrisy of conventional moral codes ⓘ individual responsibility ⓘ moral relativism ⓘ morality ⓘ self-deception ⓘ social norms ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
first-person
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personal reflection ⓘ |
| partOf | Joan Didion bibliography ⓘ |
| periodOfComposition | 1960s ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Goodbye to All That
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On Self-Respect NERFINISHED ⓘ Slouching Towards Bethlehem (title essay) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
American West
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Nevada desert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | literary criticism ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general readership
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readers of literary nonfiction ⓘ |
| tone |
critical
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introspective ⓘ skeptical ⓘ |
| workChronologyWithinCollection | 1960s essays by Joan Didion ⓘ |
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