Literature and Moral Understanding: A Philosophical Essay on Ethics, Aesthetics, Education, and Culture

by Frank Palmer

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Recent philosophical discussion about the relation between fiction and reality pays little attention to our moral involvement with literature. Frank Palmer's purpose is to investigate how our appreciation of literary works calls upon and develops our capacity for moral understanding. He explores a wide range of philosophical questions about the relation of art to morality, and challenges theories that he regards as incompatible with a humane view...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0198242328

ISBN13:9780198242321

Release Date:October 1992

Publisher:Clarendon Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Philosophy

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