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Art, Emotion, and Ethics

by Berys Gaut (Author)

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ISBN: 9780199263219

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Can a good work of art be evil? This book explores this issue, arguing that artworks are always aesthetically flawed if they have a moral defect that is aesthetically relevant. It is of interest to anyone who wants to understand the relation of art to morality.

Characterised by its clarity and sustained argument, this book will be of interest to anyone who wants to understand the relation of art to morality.

ISBN	199263213
ISBN13	9780199263219
Publisher	Clarendon Press
Format	Hardback
Publication date	24/05/2007
Pages	288
Weight (grammes)	579
Published in	United Kingdom
Height (mm)	234
Width (mm)	156

List of Illustrations
1. The Long Debate
2. Aesthetics and Ethics: Basic Concepts
3. A Conceptual Map
4. Autonomism
5. Artistic and Critical Practices
6. Questions of Character
7. The Cognitive Argument: The Epistemic Claim
8. The Cognitive Argument: The Aesthetic Claim
9. Emotion and Imagination
10. The Merited Response Argument
Bibliography
Index