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Full Idea
Ethical criticism includes 1) ethical judgements of art works, 2) assessment of an art work's role in moral education, or 3) bringing moral praise or censure to bear on the aesthetic evaluation.
Gist of Idea
We can judge art ethically, or rate its ethical influence, or assess its quality via its ethics
Source
Daniel Jacobson (Ethical Criticism and the Vice of Moderation [2006], 'What is')
Book Ref
'Aesthetics and the Phil of Art (debates)', ed/tr. Kieran,Matthew [Blackwell 2004], p.343
A Reaction
[a compressed summary of Jacobson. He cites Levinson 1998 and Carroll 2000 as examples of ethical criticism]
| 22696 | 'Autonomism' says the morality is irrelevant to the aesthetics [Jacobson,D] |
| 22697 | Moral defects of art can be among its aesthetic virtues [Jacobson,D] |
| 22700 | Immoral art encourages immoral emotions [Jacobson,D] |
| 22701 | Jokes can sometimes be funny because they are offensive [Jacobson,D] |
| 22702 | Audiences can be too moral [Jacobson,D] |
| 22699 | Moderate moralism says moral qualities can sometimes also be aesthetic qualities [Jacobson,D] |
| 22703 | We don't often respond to events in art as if they were real events [Jacobson,D] |
| 22698 | We can judge art ethically, or rate its ethical influence, or assess its quality via its ethics [Jacobson,D] |