Through a series of essays, Art and Ethical Criticism explores the complex relationship between the arts and morality. Reflects the importance of a moral life of engagement with works of art Forms part of the prestigious New Directions in Aesthetics series, which confronts the most intriguing problems in aesthetics and the philosophy of art today

Through a series of essays, Art and Ethical Criticismexplores the complex relationship between the arts and morality.* Reflects the importance of a moral life of engagement withworks of art* Forms part of the prestigious New Directions inAesthetics series, which confronts the most intriguing problemsin aesthetics and the philosophy of art today

Notes on Contributors viiForeword xiGarry L. HagbergPart I: Historical Foundations 11 Is Ethical Criticism a Problem? A Historical Perspective 3Paul GuyerPart II: Conceptions of Ethical Content 332 Narrative and the Ethical Life 35Noel Carroll3 A Nation of Madame Bovarys: On the Possibility and Desirability of Moral Improvement through Fiction 63Joshua Landy4 Empathy, Expression, and What Artworks Have to Teach 95Mitchell GreenPart III: Literature and Moral Responsibility 1235 "Solid Objects," Solid Objections: On Virginia Woolf and Philosophy 125Paisley Livingston6 Disgrace: Bernard Williams and J. M. Coetzee 144Catherine Wilson7 Facing Death Together: Camus's The Plague 163Robert C. SolomonPart IV: Visual Art, Artifacts, and the Ethical Response 1858 Staying in Touch 187Carolyn Korsmeyer9 Susan Sontag, Diane Arbus, and the Ethical Dimensions of Photography 211David Davies10 Ethical Judgments in Museums 229Ivan GaskellPart V: Music and Moral Relations 24311 Cosi's Canon Quartet 245Stephen Davies12 Jazz Improvisation and Ethical Interaction: A Sketch of the Connections 259Garry L. HagbergIndex 286