Art and Moral Change : A Reexamination / Ki Joo Choi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Choi, Ki Joo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics.

Arts--Moral and ethical aspects.

Arts.

Arts and morals.

Christian ethics.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

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:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781647124601

1647124603

OCLC:

1430344062