Shaped by Stories: The Ethical Power of Narratives Book

As an undergraduate who, for a hot second, lived as if she were to become an English major, i find the theory and methodology in this book both fascinating and necessary. why had this not been a topic of discussion in my courses ? why had no one mentioned or discussed the ethical teaching and shaping of narrative ?

gregory invites readers - and well, all of humanity - into a fuller and deeper understanding of our own self, as well as the self we want to become. by challenging us to acknowledge our ethical agency, while unpacking how the formation of ethics make their way into story, gregory brings awareness to an entire field left abandoned by academia ((at least, abandoned in my limited experience of academia)).

i am grateful and inspired by this book, particularly by the final chapters wherein gregory breaks down the difference between virtues:

physical virtue
social virtue
intellectual virtue
and
ethical virtue.

these distinctions helped me to see and experience the world through a more conscious and sharp lens.