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OverviewArt, Emotion and Ethics is a systematic investigation of the relation of art to morality, a topic that has been of central and recurring interest to the philosophy of art since Plato. Berys Gaut explores the various positions that have been taken in this debate, and argues that an artwork is always aesthetically flawed insofar as it possesses a moral defect that is aesthetically relevant. Three main arguments are developed for this view; these involve showing how moral goodness is itself a kind of beauty, that artworks can teach us about morality and that this is often an aesthetic merit in them, and that our emotional responses to works of art are properly guided in part by moral considerations. Art, Emotion and Ethics also contains detailed interpretations of a wide range of artworks, including Rembrandt's Bathsheba and Nabokov's Lolita, which show that ethical criticism can yield rich and plausible accounts of individual works. Gaut develops a new theory of the nature of aesthetic value, explores how art can teach us about the world and what we morally ought to do by guiding our imaginings, and argues that we can have genuine emotions towards people and events that we know are merely fictional. 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Berys Gaut (University of St Andrews)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.430kg ISBN: 9780199571529ISBN 10: 019957152 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 06 August 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsList 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 IndexReviewsan impressive, sustained defence of ethicism... This is a very satisfying, clearly and forcefully argued book... I recommend the book especially to those who hold conflicting views... Gaut here sets a very high standard for the articulation and defence of a view, and for reflection on the relation of the ethical to the aesthetic overall, and rival views have yet to come close to meeting this standard. Eileen John, British Journal of Aesthetics A lucid and elegant investigation of the relationship between the ethical and the aesthetic evaluation of works of art... Insightful and elegant... That is also why reading Art, Emotion and Etjics should elicit both careful interest and great pleasure, both of which it certainly merits. Alessandro Giovanelli Mind 119 an impressive, sustained defence of ethicism... This is a very satisfying, clearly and forcefully argued book... I recommend the book especially to those who hold conflicting views... Gaut here sets a very high standard for the articulation and defence of a view, and for reflection on the relation of the ethical to the aesthetic overall, and rival views have yet to come close to meeting this standard. Eileen John, British Journal of Aesthetics Author InformationBerys Gaut is Reader in Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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