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Fictional immorality and immoral fiction / Garry Young.

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Book
Author/Creator:
Young, Garry, author.
Contributor:
ProQuest ebook central.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Fiction--History and criticism.
Fiction.
Fiction--Moral and ethical aspects.
Immorality in literature.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Place of Publication:
Lanham : Lexington Books, 2021.
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Cover
Fictional Immorality and Immoral Fiction
Copyright Page
Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction
Immoral Fiction?
Aims
A Taste of Things to Come
Chapter Overviews
Notes
Chapter 2
The Metaphysics of Fictional Immorality
The Conditions for Existence
Fictional Existence
Can Fiction Be Accidently True?
Conclusion
Chapter 3
The Content of Fictional Immorality
Are All Cases of Fictional Immorality Immoral?
On the Possibility of a Causal Connection
Virtual Pedophilia and the Selective Immorality of Fictional Immorality
Child Pornography as Child Abuse
Non-pornographic Virtual Pedophilia
Slurs and the Selective Immorality of Fictional Immorality
In Defense of M2
Chapter 4
The Meaning of Fictional Immorality
The Immorality of Endorsing an Immoral Worldview
Ambiguous Content: Endorsing or Not Endorsing a Particular View?
Is IWVrevised Morally Justified?
Moral Insensitivity
Mitigation in the Form of Moral Edification
The Aestheticization of Violence and Other Immoral Action
Conclusion
Chapter 5
The Harm of Fictional Immorality
The Immorality of Harm
What Is It to Harm or Be Harmed?
The Conditions for Harm
Harming Others
The Risk of Increased Harm
Chapter 6
Is There Evidence of Harm?
Historical Concerns
Obscenity and Its Association with Harm
Media Violence and Evidence of Harm
Other Fictional Spaces
Chapter 7
Enjoying Fictional Immorality
Examining the Relationship between xi and Fictional-xi
Simulating Sadomasochism
Differentiating between Forms of Enjoyment
Refining Fictional-xi: Distinguishing between Fictional Worlds
Singing along to Depictions of Fictional Immorality
Chapter 8
Resisting Fictional Immorality
Imaginative Resistance: An Unwillingness to Embrace "Immoral" Depictions
Ambiguity When Violating Fixed Norms
The Risk of Negative Effect (Harm)
Violating the Supervenience Relation
Chapter 9
Poor Taste and Fictional Immorality
Poor Taste and Offense
The Nature and Strength of "Ought" in Accusations of Poor Taste
Poor Taste as a Suberogatory Action
Bad "Bad Taste" and Good "Bad Taste"
Chapter 10
Historical Fiction and Fictional Immorality
The Fidelity Constraint Revisited
The Accidental Truth of Fiction Revisited
On the Matter of Accuracy
On the Morality of Historical Fiction
Chapter 11
A New Kind of Fiction
Deepfakes: A New Kind of Fiction
Deepfakesp as Nonconsensual Pornography
The Intent to Misrepresent in the Absence or Presence of Disclosure
Deepfakep's Potential for Harm
Notes:
<p><span>Chapter 1 Fictional Immorality and Immoral Fiction</span></p><p><span>Chapter 2The Metaphysics of Fictional Immorality</span></p><p><span>Chapter 3The Content of Fictional Immorality</span></p><p><span>Chapter 4The Meaning of Fictional Immorality</span></p><p><span>Chapter 5The Harm of Fictional Immorality</span></p><p><span>Chapter 6Is There Evidence of Harm?</span></p><p><span>Chapter 7Enjoying Fictional Immorality</span></p><p><span>Chapter 8Resisting Fictional Immorality</span></p><p><span>Chapter 9Poor Taste and Fictional Immorality</span></p><p><span>Chapter 10Historical Fictional and Fictional Immorality</span></p><p><span>Chapter 11A New Kind of Fiction</span></p><p><span>Chapter 12Fantasy and Fictional Immorality</span></p><p><span>Chapter 13"It's not immoral, but it is in poor taste"</span></p><p><span>Chapter 14Immoral Fiction and Censorship</span></p>
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1793639205
Publisher Number:
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