The Moral Philosophy Of John Steinbeck

Thirteen essays, written by experts both within philosophy and Steinbeck studies, examine almost all of Steinbeck's major works. Included in the compilation are five general essays examining Steinbeck's own moral philosophy and eight specific essays analyzing the ethics of various major works.

Stephen K. George teaches literature, writing, and philosophy at Brigham Young University, Idaho.

Foreword

Richard E. Hart

vii

Acknowledgments

ix

Introduction

Stephen K. George and Luchen Li

xi

Part I: Steinbeck and Moral Philosophy

John Steinbeck's lower-case utopia: Basic Human Needs, a Duty to Share, and the Good Life

Patrick K. Dooley

3

(18)

John Steinbeck and the Morality of Roles: Lessons for Business Ethics

Joseph Allegretti

21

(12)

John Steinbeck: An Ethics of Fiction

John H. Timmerman

33

(8)

"I Want to Make 'Em Happy": Utilitarian Philosophy in Steinbeck's Fiction

John J. Han

41

(8)

The Existential Vacuum and Ethan Allen Hawley: John Steinbeck's Moral Philosophy

Barbara A. Heavilin

49

(12)

Part II: Ethical Explorations of Steinbeck's Fiction

Moral Experience in Of Mice and Men: Challenges and Reflection

Richard E. Hart

61

(12)

Of Death, Life, and Virtue in Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath

Allene M. Parker

73

(14)

Judging Elisa Allen: Reader Entrapment in "The Chrysanthemums"

Terry Gorton

87

(20)

The Power of Strange Faces: Revisiting The Grapes of Wrath with the Postmodern Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas

Michael D. Hansen

107

(24)

The Emotional Content of Cruelty: An Analysis of Kate in East of Eden

Stephen K. George

131

(14)

"No Sanctuary": Reconsidering the Evil of Cathy Ames Trask

Sarah Appleton Aguiar

145

(10)

Business, Sex, and Ethics in The Wayward Bus

Joseph Allegretti

155

(14)

"The Disintegration of a Man": Moral Integrity in The Winter of Our Discontent

Stephen K. George

169

(14)

Bibliography

183

(10)

Index

193

(4)

About the Contributors

197

(4)

About the Editor

201

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