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- W2596921368 abstract "The Ethics of Life Writing Eakin, P.J., ed. New York: Cornell University Press, 2004. 271pp. ISBN: 0-8014-88338.In examining the ethical considerations in the life writing genre (biography and autobiography), Eakin has assembled an interdisciplinary range of perspectives. Each reflects on the ethical considerations that should be examined as an author begins an autobiography, a memoir, or a story of the life of another. The area I found most revealing was the breadth among the various disciplines in their approaches to the subject. The sociological perspective encompassed a global perspective, viewing the ethical questions from a study of balance for society and the individual. The philosophical discussion centered on the role life writing can play in shaping people's lives. The writer's struggle centers on personal decision-making and effect on the subject versus the need to expose truth. The contributors discuss the difficulties in discerning truth and remembering history, writing as moral inquiry, finding a comfort zone between trust and betrayal, and the role played through counter-stories, i.e., stories that point out maladies in our society and ourselves. This work reminds us that writing is not done in a vacuum. Autobiographies and memoirs include segments and thoughts of those who had an impact on the life and course of the writer. The effect the work may have on the lives of all involved must be weighed before the work becomes a public document.In each of the accounts, the authors identify and address the complexity in making private information public. They each explore a balance between their need to express their story and the right of privacy for those included in the narratives. How may the writer, or should the writer, keep the trust of those persons' confidences while remaining true to their reflective self. They expose the power of self-silencing as one moves from private notes and journals to public text. Is the exposure gratuitous or integral for the reader's understanding? None question the right to publish, only the extent to which the author may ethically present details of their experience when those details involve interaction with or impressions of others. They must weigh the potential good over the potential harm done in the process of making the experience public.Moral inquiry brings a judgment dilemma. The writers in this section have authored autobiographies that reveal their relationships with parent or child. In each the process of having to assemble information on the life of the parent or child apart from their own experience broadened the understanding of the complexity of their relationship. Wrestling with trying to find an honest portrayal of the parent's actions and emotions, or the child's, was arduous. What should be held within the family secrets and what requires public telling? …" @default.
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