Ideas from 'Ethical Criticism and the Vice of Moderation' by Daniel Jacobson [2006], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Aesthetics and the Phil of Art (Analytic trad)' (ed/tr Lamarque,P/Olsen,SH) [Blackwell 2004,978-1-4051-0582-8]].

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 8. Humour

22701

Jokes can sometimes be funny because they are offensive

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 2. Aesthetic Attitude

22703

We don't often respond to events in art as if they were real events

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

22702

Audiences can be too moral

22696

'Autonomism' says the morality is irrelevant to the aesthetics

22697

Moral defects of art can be among its aesthetic virtues

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Immoral art encourages immoral emotions

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Moderate moralism says moral qualities can sometimes also be aesthetic qualities

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We can judge art ethically, or rate its ethical influence, or assess its quality via its ethics