It's a basic question of all philosophy, literature, and life: What should a person do and why? Contribute to society, serve a deity, maybe sit around all day playing video games? More Than Human takes the question and turns up the volume: the subject of the novel is a life form that's More Than Human, so it wants an answer for more than mere mortals. Anyone who has ever felt different or stuck out from the group may be wondering the same thing. What ethics should be the guide for someone great? This book is not afraid of digging into deep questions about morality and ethics—read it and see what you discover. You might be surprised.
Questions About Morality and Ethics
- How would you explain Lone, Mr. Kew, Gerry, and Hip's philosophies in everyday language to a friend? What real-life examples could you give of someone applying these philosophies?
- What's the difference between morality and ethics, according to Hip? Is humanity evolving past old morals and toward new, better ethics, or is it backsliding?
- The novel defines bleshing as making parts work together to create something bigger than the sum of themselves. Could groups of any sort blesh the characters' different philosophies together or do some of the ideas not fit together at all?
Chew on This
Humanity is indeed progressing ethically as old moral systems fall by the wayside and better ideas are found. Some ethical systems are definitely better than others.
Moral or ethical systems are matters of opinion, so while you may prefer your own system, you have no right to call it better than someone else's.