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Routledge
Art and Morality is a collection of groundbreaking new papers on the theme of aesthetics and ethics, and the link between the two subjects. A group of distinguished contributors tackle the important questions that arise when one thinks about the moral dimensions of art and the aesthetic dimension of moral life. The volume is a significant contribution to philosophical literature, opening up... Read more
Jose Luis Bermudez and Sebastian Gardner Art and morality an introduction 1. Ethics and aesthetics are - ? 2. Art and moral eduction 3. Forbidden knowledge: the challenge of immoralism 4. Make-believe morality and fictional worlds 5. Sentimentality 6. The concept of decadence 7. Critical conversions 8. Love in Wagner's Ring 9. Moral depth and pictorial art 10. Kant and the ideal of beauty 11. Schopenhauer on tragedy and value 12. Tragedy, morality and metaphysics 13. Nietzsche's artistic revaluation 14. Art, experssion and morality.
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José Luis Bermúdez, Sebastian Gardner
