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Critique of Practical Music Music and Moral Development
By James O. Young
Copyright 2026
162 Pages
by
Routledge
162 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book offers a systematic survey of ethos theory: the theory according to which the right sort of music can have a positive or negative effect on moral development. It also evaluates the extant empirical literature on music and moral development.
The belief that the right sort of music promotes moral development is almost ubiquitous. At every stage in the history of philosophical thinking,... Read more
1. Origins of the Ethos Theory
2. Modern Philosophical Views on the Ethos Theory
3. Theory into Practice
4. The Empirical Evidence
Biography
James O. Young, FRSC, is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Victoria. He is the author of several books including Cultural Appropriation and the Arts (2008), Critique of Pure Music (2014), A History of Western Philosophy of Music (2023) and more than 80 articles in refereed journals.
