Gutenberg Open Science: Being silent about the truth : narrative ethics in Mats Wahl’s I ballong över Stilla havet

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Meibauer, Jörg	-
dc.contributor.author	Kümmerling-Meibauer, Bettina	-
dc.date.accessioned	2023-01-30T09:04:28Z	-
dc.date.available	2023-01-30T09:04:28Z	-
dc.date.issued	2022	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/8335	-
dc.description.abstract	Lying and deceiving are prominent topics in ethical narration. This has to do with an often absolutist stance against lying that shapes a large part of philosophical, religious, and political discourses. At the same time, lying and deceiving are topics in the field of moral education in which moral values such as honesty, sincerity, and truthfulness are propagated. Bringing these issues together, this article demonstrates how reflection about honesty and autonomy is narrated in Mats Wahl’s young adult novel I ballong över Stilla havet (In a Balloon over the Pacific Ocean). This novel shows that, while lying and deceiving undermine trust and can lead to harmful results, there are ways to fight against the moral destruction. This fight involves not only prosocial (versus mendacious) lying but also acknowledging individual motives for the lying behavior of others. Thus, while hating adults’ lies and deceptive actions as well as learning to lie himself, the male protagonist matures and takes on responsibility for his actions. We contend that this protagonist may constitute a moral exemplar that invites moral learning.	en_GB
dc.description.sponsorship	Gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 491381577	de
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	400 Sprache	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	400 Language	en_GB
dc.title	Being silent about the truth : narrative ethics in Mats Wahl’s I ballong över Stilla havet	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-8319	-
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 05 Philosophie und Philologie	de
jgu.organisation.number	7920	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	Children's literature in education	de
jgu.journal.volume	Version of Record (VoR)	de
jgu.publisher.year	2022	-
jgu.publisher.name	Springer Science + Business Media B.V.	de
jgu.publisher.place	Dordrecht u.a.	de
jgu.publisher.issn	1573-1693	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	400	de
jgu.publisher.doi	10.1007/s10583-022-09480-1	de
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485	-
jgu.subject.dfg	Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
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