Teaching ethics through literature

• Published in: Netla
• Main Author: Sigurðardóttir, Þóra Björg
• Other Authors: Rannsóknarsjóður Íslands (nr. 163230-051)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Menntavísindasvið Háskóla Íslands 2018
• Subjects: Laxdæla Saga; The Saga of the People of Laxárdalur; teaching literature to teenagers; moral education; moral vocabulary; moral virtues; teaching democracy; bókmenntakennsla á unglingastigi; siðferðilegt uppeldi; siðferðilegur orðaforði; siðferðilegar dygðir; lýðræði; Laxárdalur; Iceland
• Online Access: https://ojs.hi.is/netla/article/view/3094; https://doi.org/10.24270/10.24270/serritnetla.2019.24

The study reported on in this paper is part of a larger research project on moral education through literature. It focuses on how reading a great work of literature offers ample opportunities to discuss and reflect on the complexity of moral life and human association and how such reflection can sim...