Single Idea 22692

[catalogued under 21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality]

Full Idea

A work that rejects moral truth can be artistically excellent, in part because of its moral content.

Gist of Idea

A work can be morally and artistically excellent, despite rejecting moral truth

Source

Eileen John (Artistic Value and Opportunistic Moralism [2006], Intr)

Book Reference

'Aesthetics and the Phil of Art (debates)', ed/tr. Kieran,Matthew [Blackwell 2004], p.331


A Reaction

She cites the film 'Trainspotting', about desperate drug addicts, because it gives an amoral insight into their world.