The Feelings We Feel: Care and Community in Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood was a show that focused on teaching children an ethics of caring for oneself and care for others. This article examines those ethics through the songs “I Like You As You Are” and “Won’t You Be My Neighbor.” It contends that these songs focus on a celebration of the self a...
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| description | Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood was a show that focused on teaching children an ethics of caring for oneself and care for others. This article examines those ethics through the songs “I Like You As You Are” and “Won’t You Be My Neighbor.” It contends that these songs focus on a celebration of the self and others, welcoming individuals as they are into the community, and embracing authenticity. This article looks to understand these ethics in a contemporary setting and argues that Mister Rogers and the communal ethics of care that he taught are needed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f73c1befd44e463ebad63c3fa61ee2202022-12-22T03:51:07ZengDe GruyterOpen Philosophy2543-88752021-12-0151758910.1515/opphil-2020-0153The Feelings We Feel: Care and Community in Mister Rogers’ NeighborhoodValentine Riley0Department of Political Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, United StatesMister Rogers’ Neighborhood was a show that focused on teaching children an ethics of caring for oneself and care for others. This article examines those ethics through the songs “I Like You As You Are” and “Won’t You Be My Neighbor.” It contends that these songs focus on a celebration of the self and others, welcoming individuals as they are into the community, and embracing authenticity. This article looks to understand these ethics in a contemporary setting and argues that Mister Rogers and the communal ethics of care that he taught are needed.https://doi.org/10.1515/opphil-2020-0153fred rogerscare ethicscarechildren’s mediatelevision, politics |
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