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Chapter 3 - The Ethics of Reading

from Part I - The Structure and Scope of the Moral Point of View

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2021

Charles Larmore
Affiliation:
Brown University, Rhode Island
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An ethics of reading holds that reading is itself an act of ethical significance. When reading is responsible to the meaning of a text, it shows the author a respect the author deserves. Developing this ethics of reading places some of the key questions of philosophical hermeneutics – that is, of the theory of interpretation – in a new and illuminating setting. Just as importantly, it shows how reading in its ethical dimension gives powerful expression to the essence of ethical thinking itself.

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Print publication year: 2021

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  • The Ethics of Reading
  • Charles Larmore, Brown University, Rhode Island
  • Book: Morality and Metaphysics
  • Online publication: 09 June 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108691321.005
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  • The Ethics of Reading
  • Charles Larmore, Brown University, Rhode Island
  • Book: Morality and Metaphysics
  • Online publication: 09 June 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108691321.005
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  • The Ethics of Reading
  • Charles Larmore, Brown University, Rhode Island
  • Book: Morality and Metaphysics
  • Online publication: 09 June 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108691321.005
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