Merit, aesthetic and ethical / Marcia Muelder Eaton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eaton, Marcia Muelder, 1938- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics.

Ethics.

Art--Moral and ethical aspects.

Art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Appearance of merit and the merit of appearance connecting aesthetic and ethical value

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Traditionally, philosophers have seen aesthetic and ethical values as fundamentally separate. This work introduces a notion of merit in which being good and looking good are integrated into one.

Contents:

Contents; One. What and Why Is Art?; Two. Aesthetic Relevance; Three. The Nature of Aesthetic Properties; Four. Aesthetic Justification; Five. The Separatist Mistake; Six. Serious Problems, Serious Values: Aesthetic Dilemmas; Seven. Aesthetics: The Mother of Ethics?; PART III. INTEGRATING AESTHETIC AND MORAL VALUE; Eight. The Aesthetic Life; Nine. Sentimental Art and Sentimental People; Ten. Art's Moral Lessons; Eleven. Deliberation Aesthetic and Ethical; Twelve. Aesthetics and Ethics in the Environment; Thirteen. Aesthetics and Ethics in Communities; Fourteen. Aesthetics and Ethics in Education Notes; Index

Notes:

Requested title: The appearance of merit and the merit of appearance connecting aesthetic and ethical value.

Previously issued in print: 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-245) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-028623-7

0-19-773085-X

1-280-53111-8

0-19-534988-1

1-4294-0182-6

OCLC:

476026354