Fiction: Lies that Tell Truth

Hugh Taft-Morales, Leader

Philadelphia Ethical Society

Near the end of his life, the novelist Abraham Rothberg said that “fiction is a lie that tells the truth.” Unlike so many politicians who lie to distort the truth and gain power, fiction only deceives us temporarily in order to share larger truths. It helps us suspend our disbelief so that we can imagine a world that doesn’t exist. Hugh Taft-Morales celebrates fiction as a door to the imagination.

After the platform, around noon, we’ll decorate the Tree of Knowledge in our lobby with Margaret Downey and the Freethought Society. Come join in the festivities!