tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7883285012141961033.post5282840298684934999..comments2023-05-04T05:12:44.031-06:00Comments on Cookie's Book Club: Guest Blogger, Christopher Bunn: Moral Compass and CharacterCookie’s Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539520794775363132noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7883285012141961033.post-28063473909491070562011-04-09T16:42:42.462-06:002011-04-09T16:42:42.462-06:00I'd never thought of it that way, Christopher....I'd never thought of it that way, Christopher. Strangely, that seems more eerie than no compass at all ...<br /><br /> - CarpRyan Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09929671821655244770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7883285012141961033.post-63134900474983061772011-04-05T15:06:04.009-06:002011-04-05T15:06:04.009-06:00You're right, Anon, this is way too short of a...You're right, Anon, this is way too short of a piece for such a topic. I probably shouldn't have tackled it.<br /><br />MC, you're right. Morals and ethics are two different systems. Usually. There are instances where they overlap partially or almost completely. As far as psychopaths and the like, I'd argue that they do have moral compasses. Stunted and twisted, yes, but compassesChristopher Bunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05983290643129849278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7883285012141961033.post-10599971306567177862011-04-01T18:21:01.370-06:002011-04-01T18:21:01.370-06:00Thank you Google for destroying my poignant respon...Thank you Google for destroying my poignant response. Here is version two, which I hope is at least up to the quality of the original.<br /><br />I feel compelled to respond to this topic as it is a curious one that has given me much to think about.<br /><br />"No one has ever written a character devoid of moral compass. It simply isn't possible."<br /><br />My interpretation of Ryan Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09929671821655244770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7883285012141961033.post-65482263013294738012011-04-01T16:53:34.197-06:002011-04-01T16:53:34.197-06:00Interesting topic, though definitely much too shor...Interesting topic, though definitely much too short a treatment. I've always felt my idealism, ideas about friendship and right and wrong were shaped more by what I read when I was young than by what went on around me. And I am one of those readers who has to connect to someone in a novel for it to hold my interest. And as you say, it's often not the main character which I think is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7883285012141961033.post-90515465309803863642011-04-01T12:52:44.356-06:002011-04-01T12:52:44.356-06:00"The novel is a morality tale, and heave as t..."The novel is a morality tale, and heave as they might, the amoral will never write a good novel." Wow. You just summed up a wealth of thought in one sentence. We could spend a year of dinners, and a good bottle of wine or two, discussing the implications of what you wrote.<br /><br />I can't help being politically incorrect, Andre, even if it loses me readers or acquaintances or Christopher Bunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05983290643129849278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7883285012141961033.post-73595680805078439342011-04-01T12:15:44.922-06:002011-04-01T12:15:44.922-06:00Christopher,
You know I loved The Hawk and His Bo...Christopher, <br />You know I loved The Hawk and His Boy! I started reading The Shadow at the Gate the other day and I am simply blown away! I am loving it also, I can’t wait to pick it up again whenever I have to put it down. I can’t wait to see how everything turns out! Thank you for writing and sharing such wonderful stories with us! <br /><br />?wazithinkin<br />aka Linda McAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7883285012141961033.post-26966354185161010792011-04-01T09:49:29.382-06:002011-04-01T09:49:29.382-06:00Raising tolerance to the greatest virtue also deva...Raising tolerance to the greatest virtue also devalues moral standards to zero. <br /><br />In fact, I find it difficult to imagine a novel without some kind of moral centre. The novel is a morality tale, and heave as they might, the amoral will never write a good novel.<br /><br />That must say something about your novels, Christopher. I do hope I haven't ruined your street cred by implying Andre Jutehttp://coolmainpress.com/ajwriting/noreply@blogger.com