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Ideas of Eileen John, by Text

[British, fl. 2006, Lecturer at Warwick University.]

2006 Artistic Value and Opportunistic Moralism
Intr p.331 A work can be morally and artistically excellent, despite rejecting moral truth
Intro p.332 The works we value most are in sympathy with our own moral views
'Accommodating' p.338 We should understand what is morally important in a story, without having to endorse it
'Contingency' p.341 We value morality in art because that is what we care about - but it is a contingent fact