moral narratives
Tales with lessons
Moral narratives are stories that convey ethical lessons or illustrate principles of right and wrong.
The term covers everything from fables and parables to the personal accounts people construct about their own lives and choices: We all tell ourselves moral narratives about why we did what we did.
In psychology and philosophy, moral narratives refers to how humans naturally frame experience in terms of good and evil, heroes and villains, redemption and fall.
- parablesDidactic allegorical tales
- fablesDidactic animal stories
- consequentialismEthics judging by results
- religious teachingsSpiritual beliefs passed down
- cautionary talesStories conveying warnings
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Entertainment through imaginary worlds
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