Document Type : Original Article

Author

• Abolfazl Tavakoli Shandiz

Phd. in philosophy of ethics, Qom University

Abstract

The present research tries to explain the transition from the moral aspects of narrative, as one of the concepts of literary theory, to the design of the concept of "narrative ethics" based on such aspects. The most important of these aspects are the relationships between "narrative and understanding", "narrative as the foundation of identity", "narrative and other", "narrative and imagination", and finally, "narrative, virtue, and practical wisdom". In order to explain this issue in the fields of literature and philosophy, after briefly introducing the concept and theories of narrative, new approaches that focus on the function of narrative in the field of understanding are mentioned. Then, using the analysis and inference methods, it is revealed that the relationship between narrative, understanding, and self-understanding enables the narration to play a role in the foundation of ethics; since the understanding of oneself in philosophical hermeneutics is connected with existence, human identity takes on a narrative nature, and from this, "narrative identity" emerges. Therefore, the self does not exist except in the light of "other" and the concept of "other" inevitably makes it possible to propose ethics and as a result, to play the role of narration in ethics. On the other hand, narrative is very important both because of its importance for the principle of the golden rule and as a vehicle for moral imagination. Finally, because of their richness, narrative and story provide a basis for acquiring virtues and acting according to practical wisdom. The result is that narrative can play a fundamental role in the field of ethics. In conclusion, the concept of "narrative ethics" can be mentioned as a form of normative ethics and its three types.

Keywords

• Narrative
• Self-understanding
• Narrative identity
• Moral imagination
• Normative ethics
• Narrative ethics