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)
A Reaction
She cites the film 'Trainspotting', about desperate drug addicts, because it gives an amoral insight into their world.
Book Reference
'Aesthetics and the Phil of Art (debates)', ed/tr. Kieran,Matthew [Blackwell 2004], p.331