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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instanceOf essay ⓘ
nonfiction essay ⓘ
author Joan Didion ⓘ
collection Slouching Towards Bethlehem ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
discusses difference between manners and morals ⓘ
personal codes of conduct ⓘ
social expectations ⓘ
examines limits of moral judgment ⓘ
role of narrative in justifying moral choices ⓘ
tension between public morality and private behavior ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Slouching Towards Bethlehem ⓘ
genre journalistic essay ⓘ
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 ⓘ
subjective ⓘ
includedInBook Slouching Towards Bethlehem ⓘ
influenced discussions of ethics in American nonfiction ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement New Journalism ⓘ
mainTheme American culture ⓘ
fragility of moral codes ⓘ
hypocrisy of conventional moral codes ⓘ
individual responsibility ⓘ
moral relativism ⓘ
morality ⓘ
self-deception ⓘ
social norms ⓘ
narrativeStyle first-person ⓘ
personal reflection ⓘ
partOf Joan Didion bibliography ⓘ
periodOfComposition 1960s ⓘ
publicationYear 1968 ⓘ
publisherOfCollection Farrar, Straus and Giroux ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Goodbye to All That ⓘ
On Self-Respect ⓘ
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (title essay) ⓘ
setting American West ⓘ
linked to: Old West

Nevada desert ⓘ
linked to: Nevada deserts
subjectOf literary criticism ⓘ
targetAudience general readership ⓘ
readers of literary nonfiction ⓘ
tone critical ⓘ
introspective ⓘ
skeptical ⓘ
workChronologyWithinCollection 1960s essays by Joan Didion ⓘ

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