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Five Ripe Pears And On Moralit
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Morality is, in essence, subjugated by he who defines it. This being the case, morality (defined as right or wrong, good or evil) is malleable as long as it does not impede upon any “ipso facto virtue”(Didion). In the essay “On Morality”, by Joan Didion, this aspect ̵ ....
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....quotes “… actions are right in the proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.”
Consequently, Saroyan’s action of taking pears could be viewed as moral or immoral given certain circumstances. At the age of six, Saroyan was categorized as a thief for taking five pears from a tree. His argument, although a spiked fence protected the pear tree, is “some branches grew beyond the fence.” This, to Saroyan.... |
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