Literature and Moral Understanding: A Philosophical Essay on Ethics, Aesthetics, Education, and Culture

by Frank Palmer

Recent philosophical discussion about the relation between fiction and reality pays little attention to our moral involvement with literature. Frank Palmer's purpose is to investigate how our appreciation of literary works calls upon and develops our capacity for moral understanding. He explores a wide range of philosophical questions about the relation of art to morality, and challenges theories that he regards as incompatible with a humane view...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198242328
• ISBN13: 9780198242321
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"