&lt;p&gt;Moral Philosophy and Archetypes in the Symbolic Cohesion of the Sleeping Beauty's Airplane Tale&lt;/p&gt;

Francisco Fabiany Molina Bustos; Jenny Alejandra Pérez Páez

doi:10.2139/ssrn.6422498

journal article Jan 01, 2026

Moral Philosophy and Archetypes in the Symbolic Cohesion of the Sleeping Beauty's Airplane Tale

Francisco Fabiany Molina Bustos

Jenny Alejandra Pérez Páez

SSRN Electronic Journal · Elsevier BV

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Abstract

This study examines the moralizing value of the short story The Airplane of the Sleeping Beauty by Gabriel García Márquez through an interdisciplinary approach that integrates literature, moral philosophy, and sociology. The narrator’s behavior toward the sleeping woman is interpreted as a symbolic scenario in which tensions between desire, social norms, and ethical responsibility emerge. The analysis engages with Aristotelian virtue ethics, John Stuart Mill’s utilitarianism, Immanuel Kant’s deontological ethics, and Émile Durkheim’s sociology of moral norms, as well as Hobbesian and Machiavellian reflections on fear as a foundation of social order. The narrative demonstrates how moral consciousness, self-restraint, and respect for human dignity operate as cultural mechanisms that sustain social cohesion.

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Published: Jan 01, 2026

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Francisco Fabiany Molina Bustos

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Jenny Alejandra Pérez Páez

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Francisco Fabiany Molina Bustos, Jenny Alejandra Pérez Páez (2026). Moral Philosophy and Archetypes in the Symbolic Cohesion of the Sleeping Beauty's Airplane Tale. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6422498

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