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The Oxford Handbook of Ethics and Art

The Oxford Handbook of Ethics and Art PDF Author: James Harold
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197539793
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 793

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"Art has not always had the same salience in philosophical discussions of ethics that many other elements of our lives have. There are well-defined areas of "applied ethics" corresponding to nature, business, health care, war, punishment, animals, and more, but there is no recognized research program in "applied ethics of the arts" or "art ethics." Art often seems to belong to its own sphere of value, separate from morality. The first questions we ask about art are usually not about its moral rightness or virtue, but about its beauty or originality. However, it is impossible to do any serious thinking about the arts without engaging in ethical questions"--