Ethics, evil, and fiction
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Word Count
46,500 words, Guess
Page Count
186 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL658929M
- ISBN-100198237162
- OCLC Control Number36301484
- OCLC Control Numberethicsevilfictio0000mcgi
- Library of Congress Control Number97004157
and 2 more
- LibraryThing47472
- Goodreads3099371
Classifications
- DDC170
- LCCBJ46 .M34 1997
Description
Ethics, Evil, and Fiction brings together moral philosophy and literary analysis in a way that offers original new insights for both. Its central aim is to enrich the domain of moral reflection, by showing the value of literary texts as sources of moral illumination. Colin McGinn starts by setting out an uncompromisingly realist ethical theory, arguing that morality is an area of objective truth and genuine knowledge. He goes on to address such subjects as the nature of goodness, evil character, and the meaning of monstrosity, in the context of an aesthetic theory of virtue, which maintains that goodness of character is the same thing as beauty of soul. Works discussed include Billy Budd, Lolita, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and Frankenstein; and McGinn draws upon examples from film and painting as well as literature.
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