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Podcast: Fantastical Truth
Episode: 195. Should Stories Minimize Morality to Advance Personal Liberation? | with Thomas Umstattd Jr.
Description: Once upon a time, more literary heroes pursued virtue, or at least knew that they should.[1. Photo by visuals on Unsplash.] But in more modern stories, main characters aren’t motivated by being good, but by being right. They exchange the truth and Law of God for the lie of “personal liberation.” In a world of abuse and tyrants, this can feel appealing. Yet how does this exchange ultimately make stories worse?
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