Art and Ethics in a Material World by Jennifer Mcmahon
In this book, McMahon argues that a reading of Kant’s body of work in the light of a pragmatist theory of meaning and language (which arguably is a Kantian legacy) leads one to put community reception ahead of individual reception in the order of aesthetic relations. A core premise of the book is that neo-pragmatism draws attention to an otherwise overlooked aspect of Kant’s "Critique of Aesthetic Judgment," and this is the conception of community which it sets forth.
While offering an interpretation of Kant’s aesthetic theory, the book focuses on the implications of Kant’s third critique for contemporary art. McMahon draws upon Kant and his legacy in pragmatist theories of meaning and language to argue that aesthetic judgment is a version of moral judgment: a way to cultivate attitudes conducive to community, which plays a pivotal role in the evolution of language, meaning, and knowledge.
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The Ethics of Attention
- Genealogy and Moral Progress
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Caste Wars
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The Moral Philosophy of Iris Murdoch
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Unfair Emotions
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Moral Agency in Eastern and Western Thought
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Philosophy and the Evolution of Virtue and Vice
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Virtuous Responses to Suffering, Tragedy, and Evil
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Kant and Parfit
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Welfare, Meaning, and Worth
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Needs and Moral Necessity
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The Dual Force of Welfare
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Moral Impossibility
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Because You Promised
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Moral Responsibility and the Problem of Many Hands
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The Limits of Moral Obligation
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Kantian and Sidgwickian Ethics
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The Intrinsic Value of Endangered Species
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Developing Moral Sensitivity
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Moral Rights and Their Grounds
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Moral Skepticism
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Explaining Right and Wrong
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Moral Reality and the Empirical Sciences
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Methodology and Moral Philosophy
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Moral Evil in Practical Ethics
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Wittgenstein's Moral Thought
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Rationality and Moral Theory
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Determined by Reasons
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Putting Others First
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Philosophical Perspectives on Empathy
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Self-Transcendence and Virtue
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Risk, Technology, and Moral Emotions
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Evil and Moral Psychology
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Social Humanism
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Ethics in the Wake of Wittgenstein
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Moral Thought Outside Moral Theory
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A Phenomenological Analysis of Envy
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Agent Relative Ethics
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The Self, Civic Virtue, and Public Life
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Experiments in Moral and Political Philosophy
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The Guise of the Good
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Risk and Responsibility in Context
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Defending Associative Duties
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Moral Responsibility
Jennifer A. McMahon is Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Adelaide, South Australia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781138943964 |
| ISBN 10 | 1138943967 |
| Title | Art and Ethics in a Material World |
| Author | Jennifer Mcmahon |
| Series | Routledge Studies In Ethics And Moral Theory |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Year published | 2015-07-16 |
| Number of pages | 234 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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