{"product_id":"art-and-ethical-criticism-paperback-softback-9781444337877","title":"Art and Ethical Criticism (Paperback \/ softback) 9781444337877","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eArt and Ethical Criticism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is an excellent and genuinely useful collection of essays on a very important topic that is just beginning to receive wide attention from analytical philosophers.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eTed Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGarry L. Hagberg (Edited by), GL Hagberg (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781444337877, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 November 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.4 x 1.8 cm, 0.445 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hagberg draws together some of the top thinkers in aesthetics to consider the cross-impacts between these philosophical disciplines. The selections are widely representative of approaches to ethical criticism of artworks, and the ethical\/aesthetic dimensions of the literary, visual, and auditory arts.\" (\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Garry Hagberg's new anthology \u003ci\u003eArt and Ethical Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e consists of twelve new essays—ten by philosophers, one each by an art historian and a professor of French—together with a short foreword. The overall argument that emerges from these essays is that the first, broader topic (the powers and interest of art for human subjects) is more important than the second, narrower topic (the relation between artistic and moral value), and the essays are strongest exactly when they illuminate the powers and interest of art, precisely by not separating the artistic and ethical features of a work sharply from each other.\" (\u003ci\u003eNotre Dame Philosophical Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThrough a series of essays, \u003ci\u003eArt and Ethical Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e explores the complex relationship between the arts and morality.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eReflects the importance of a moral life of engagement with works of art\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eForms part of the prestigious \u003ci\u003eNew Directions in Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e series, which confronts the most intriguing problems in aesthetics and the philosophy of art today\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xi\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGarry L. Hagberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Historical Foundations 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Is Ethical Criticism a Problem? A Historical Perspective 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Guyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Conceptions of Ethical Content 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Narrative and the Ethical Life 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNoel Carroll\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 A Nation of Madame Bovarys: On the Possibility and Desirability of Moral Improvement through Fiction 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoshua Landy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Empathy, Expression, and What Artworks Have to Teach 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMitchell Green\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Literature and Moral Responsibility 123\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 \"Solid Objects,\" Solid Objections: On Virginia Woolf and Philosophy 125\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaisley Livingston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Disgrace: Bernard Williams and J. M. Coetzee 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatherine Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Facing Death Together: Camus's The Plague 163\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert C. Solomon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Visual Art, Artifacts, and the Ethical Response 185\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Staying in Touch 187\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarolyn Korsmeyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Susan Sontag, Diane Arbus, and the Ethical Dimensions of Photography 211\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Davies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Ethical Judgments in Museums 229\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIvan Gaskell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Music and Moral Relations 243\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Cosi's Canon Quartet 245\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Davies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Jazz Improvisation and Ethical Interaction: A Sketch of the Connections 259\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGarry L. 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