Donald Spoto: The Life Of Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn’s name is one of the most recognizable female names in the entire world. Today we think of her synonymously with the terms grace, poise and class. Those that ever had the chance to meet Audrey considered her to be essentially perfect and looked up to her greatly. As an award winning actress and world-class humanitarian, Hepburn touched the lives of millions of people around the globe. The way in which she presented herself, treated others and interacted with the public continually showed just how much of a real life angel she was. Although her life wasn’t perfect, Audrey spent her life serving others and making the world a better place.
After reading Enchantment: The Life of Audrey Hepburn by Donald Spoto, I was able to piece together Audrey’s underlying moral values and core characteristics. From the connections I was able to make, it seems as though Hepburn lived her life mostly by the theory of virtue ethics and some aspects of deontology. Hepburn centered her life on the virtues of selflessness and generosity, which caused her to use these virtues as jumping off point when making decisions. These traits were not simply just tendencies that Audrey possessed to be good, Audrey truly believed that honesty was the
Due to the sudden abandonment of Joseph, Audrey took a stand against him in whatever way she could. Although, I do not believe this was Audrey’s sole reason for assisting the movement, I do think it played a role in her decision to be involved. Audrey was constantly risking her life to participate in these kinds of shows, just showing how far she was willing to go to help others (no matter the cost). She was quoted as saying; “It was quite normal for Dutch children to risk death to save the lives of a resistance worker.” This alone proving that her support was something that she thought was just expected of