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VOL. 12, ISSUE 1 (2026)
Human responsibility: A universal moral reading of three contemporary poetic works
Authors
Wasantha Samarathunga
Abstract
This article presents a universal moral
interpretation of an individual modern poetic trilogy that follows progression
via clarity, turmoil, and finally compassion. Instead of referencing poems with
respect to cultural tradition, the analysis contextualizes them with respect to
universal human experience that is evident along various cultural traditions of
philosophy and psychology. The analysis shows that an individual poem
represents a unique phase of moral development, from clarity/inner foundation, turmoil/ethical
testing, towards compassion/compassionate ethics. The analysis contextualizes
the trilogy via virtue ethics, Confucianism, existential psychology, care
ethics, and universal moral philosophies, demonstrating how the trilogy itself
represents a universal moral progression without reducing the poems to cultural
exemplars. The analysis demonstrates how poetry itself represents universal
human ethical conditions and how the structure of the trilogy follows a
universal human attempt to understand moral obligation via a world that is
filled with suffering, fragility, and hope for care.
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Pages:117-121
How to cite this article:
Wasantha Samarathunga "Human responsibility: A universal moral reading of three contemporary poetic works". International Journal of English Research, Vol 12, Issue 1, 2026, Pages 117-121
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