Values of Art and the Ethical Question

British Journal of Aesthetics 48 (4):376-394 (2008)
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Abstract

Does the ethical value of a work of art ever contribute to its aesthetic value? I argue that when conventionally interpreted as a request for a conceptual analysis the answer to this question is indeterminate. I then propose a different interpretation of the question on which it is understood as a substantial and normative question internal to the practice of aesthetic criticism.

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Hallvard Lillehammer
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