Art and moral change : a reexamination / Ki Joo Choi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Choi, Ki Joo, author.

Series:

Moral traditions series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts--Moral and ethical aspects.

Arts.

Arts and morals.

Aesthetics.

Christian ethics.

Physical Description:

x, 249 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"This book reconsiders the relationship between aesthetics and theological ethics. The primary question it seeks to answer is whether artistic creativity is a morally relevant activity. Drawing on the work of Jonathan Edwards and Thomas Aquinas, Choi argues that the arts are the cultural medium through which we can better understand what is morally possible, and that aesthetic objects can serve as snapshots of a particular community's perspectives on the good life. Art, in other words, offers glimpses not only into competing moral visions within society but also the extent to which these contested moral views are understood. The arts, in Choi's view, provide a way of assessing the limits and possibilities of moral reasoning, the contextuality of moral discernment, and the need for moral thinking that is dialogical and dialectical"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : Establishing a Tradition of Inquiry and Articulating Its Challenges

Literature and Theological Ethics

Beauty and Theological Ethics

Whose Art? Which Community?

Is Art About the Emotions or the Affections?

The Miseducation of Art

Coda: On Sin and Art's Moral Pluralism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-241) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Choi, Ki Joo. Art and moral change

ISBN:

9781647124588

1647124581

9781647124595

164712459X

OCLC:

1428777942

Publisher Number:

90100167290