Stephen K. George taught literature, writing and philosophy at Brigham Young University, Idaho. He was Co-Editor-in-Chief of the academic journal, The Steinbeck Review and Executive Director of The New Steinbeck Society of America.

• Part 1 ForewordPart 2 AcknowledgmentsPart 3 IntroductionPart 4 Part I: Steinbeck and Moral PhilosophyChapter 5 John Steinbeck's lower-case utopia: Basic Human Needs, a Duty to Share, and the Good LifeChapter 6 John Steinbeck and the Morality of Roles: Lessons for Business EthicsChapter 7 John Steinbeck: An Ethics of FictionChapter 8 "I Want to Make 'Em Happy": Utilitarian Philosophy in Steinbeck's FictionChapter 9 The Existential Vacuum and Ethan Allen Hawley: John Steinbeck's Moral PhilosophyPart 10 Part II: Ethical Explorations of Steinbeck's FictionChapter 11 Moral Experience in Of Mice and Men: Challenges and ReflectionsChapter 12 Of Death, Life, and Virtue in Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of WrathChapter 13 Judging Elisa Allen: Reader Entrapment in "The Chrysanthemums"Chapter 14 The Power of Strange Faces: Revisiting The Grapes of Wrath with the Postmodern Ethics of Emmanuel LevinasChapter 15 The Emotional Content of Cruelty: An Analysis of Kate in East of EdenChapter 16 "No Sanctuary": Reconsidering the Evil of Cathy Ames TraskChapter 17 Business, Sex, and Ethics in The Wayward BusChapter 18 "The Disintegration of a Man": Moral Integrity in The Winter of Our DiscontentPart 19 BibliographyPart 20 IndexPart 21 About the ContributorsPart 22 About the Editor

This collection speaks to moral philosophers as eloquently as it speaks to literature scholars, proving that great authors have been 'doing ethics' all along and sometimes in far more lucid and interesting ways than the ethicists. The Moral Philosophy of John Steinbeck argues persuasively that Steinbeck himself is one of the great American 20th century ethicists. The editor, Stephen George, has clearly demonstrated that great fiction can be philosophy, and philosophy can be entertaining!

Stephen K. George taught literature, writing and philosophy at Brigham Young University, Idaho. He was Co-Editor-in-Chief of the academic journal, The Steinbeck Review and Executive Director of The New Steinbeck Society of America.

• Part 1 ForewordPart 2 AcknowledgmentsPart 3 IntroductionPart 4 Part I: Steinbeck and Moral PhilosophyChapter 5 John Steinbeck's lower-case utopia: Basic Human Needs, a Duty to Share, and the Good LifeChapter 6 John Steinbeck and the Morality of Roles: Lessons for Business EthicsChapter 7 John Steinbeck: An Ethics of FictionChapter 8 "I Want to Make 'Em Happy": Utilitarian Philosophy in Steinbeck's FictionChapter 9 The Existential Vacuum and Ethan Allen Hawley: John Steinbeck's Moral PhilosophyPart 10 Part II: Ethical Explorations of Steinbeck's FictionChapter 11 Moral Experience in Of Mice and Men: Challenges and ReflectionsChapter 12 Of Death, Life, and Virtue in Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of WrathChapter 13 Judging Elisa Allen: Reader Entrapment in "The Chrysanthemums"Chapter 14 The Power of Strange Faces: Revisiting The Grapes of Wrath with the Postmodern Ethics of Emmanuel LevinasChapter 15 The Emotional Content of Cruelty: An Analysis of Kate in East of EdenChapter 16 "No Sanctuary": Reconsidering the Evil of Cathy Ames TraskChapter 17 Business, Sex, and Ethics in The Wayward BusChapter 18 "The Disintegration of a Man": Moral Integrity in The Winter of Our DiscontentPart 19 BibliographyPart 20 IndexPart 21 About the ContributorsPart 22 About the Editor

This collection speaks to moral philosophers as eloquently as it speaks to literature scholars, proving that great authors have been 'doing ethics' all along and sometimes in far more lucid and interesting ways than the ethicists. The Moral Philosophy of John Steinbeck argues persuasively that Steinbeck himself is one of the great American 20th century ethicists. The editor, Stephen George, has clearly demonstrated that great fiction can be philosophy, and philosophy can be entertaining!

Stephen K. George taught literature, writing and philosophy at Brigham Young University, Idaho. He was Co-Editor-in-Chief of the academic journal, The Steinbeck Review and Executive Director of The New Steinbeck Society of America.

• Part 1 ForewordPart 2 AcknowledgmentsPart 3 IntroductionPart 4 Part I: Steinbeck and Moral PhilosophyChapter 5 John Steinbeck's lower-case utopia: Basic Human Needs, a Duty to Share, and the Good LifeChapter 6 John Steinbeck and the Morality of Roles: Lessons for Business EthicsChapter 7 John Steinbeck: An Ethics of FictionChapter 8 "I Want to Make 'Em Happy": Utilitarian Philosophy in Steinbeck's FictionChapter 9 The Existential Vacuum and Ethan Allen Hawley: John Steinbeck's Moral PhilosophyPart 10 Part II: Ethical Explorations of Steinbeck's FictionChapter 11 Moral Experience in Of Mice and Men: Challenges and ReflectionsChapter 12 Of Death, Life, and Virtue in Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of WrathChapter 13 Judging Elisa Allen: Reader Entrapment in "The Chrysanthemums"Chapter 14 The Power of Strange Faces: Revisiting The Grapes of Wrath with the Postmodern Ethics of Emmanuel LevinasChapter 15 The Emotional Content of Cruelty: An Analysis of Kate in East of EdenChapter 16 "No Sanctuary": Reconsidering the Evil of Cathy Ames TraskChapter 17 Business, Sex, and Ethics in The Wayward BusChapter 18 "The Disintegration of a Man": Moral Integrity in The Winter of Our DiscontentPart 19 BibliographyPart 20 IndexPart 21 About the ContributorsPart 22 About the Editor

This collection speaks to moral philosophers as eloquently as it speaks to literature scholars, proving that great authors have been 'doing ethics' all along and sometimes in far more lucid and interesting ways than the ethicists. The Moral Philosophy of John Steinbeck argues persuasively that Steinbeck himself is one of the great American 20th century ethicists. The editor, Stephen George, has clearly demonstrated that great fiction can be philosophy, and philosophy can be entertaining!