Title
Causal Explanation in Hemingway and Honderich
Document Type
Essay
Annotation
Comparison study of the moral philosophy underlying the memoirs of Hemingway and Ted Honderich. Focusing on Hemingway’s causal explanation for his adultery in A Moveable Feast and A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition, Martin argues that both versions rely on a luck-based morality that resides outside of individual control yet enables the individual to change the perspective of their circumstances. Concludes that Honderich rejects Hemingway’s emphasis on luck in favor of a more deterministic view in his Philosopher: A Kind of Life (2000). Briefly discusses morality based on personal value found in De Waal’s memoir, The Hare with Amber Eyes (2010).
Published in
Memoir Ethics: Good Lives and the Virtues
Date
2016
Pages
76-83
Citation
Martin, Mike W. “Causal Explanation in Hemingway and Honderich.” In Memoir Ethics: Good Lives and the Virtues, 76-83. Lanham, MD: Lexington, 2016.