Art and Ethical Criticism

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ISBN: 9781405134835 | 1405134836
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 7/14/2008

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Through a series of essays, Art and Ethical Criticism explores the complex relationship between the arts and morality. Reflects the importance of a moral life of engagement with works of art Forms part of the prestigious New Directions in Aesthetics series, which confronts the most intriguing problems in aesthetics and the philosophy of art today

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Notes on Contributors
Foreword
Historical Foundations:
Is Ethical Criticism a Problem? A Historical Perspective
Conceptions of Ethical Content
Narrative and the Ethical Life
A Nation of Madame Bovarys: On the Possibility and Desirability of Moral Improvement through Fiction
Empathy, Expression, and What Artworks Have to Teach
Literature and Moral Responsibility
"Solid Objects," Solid Objections: On Virginia Woolf and Philosophy
Disgrace
Facing Death Together: Camus's The Plague
Visual Art, Artifacts, and the Ethical Response
Staying in Touch
Susan Sontag, Diane Arbus, and the Ethical Dimensions of Photography
Ethical Judgments in Museums
Music and Moral Relations
Così's Canon Quartet
Jazz Improvisation and Ethical Interaction: A Sketch of the Connections
Index
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