Immoralism and the Valence Constraint
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4158679 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Harold, J B Harold (Mount Holyoke College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 45-64 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Aesthetics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0904 • E-ISSN: 1468-2842 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/aesthj/aym038 |
| OpenAlex | W1993431027 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Immoralists hold that in at least some cases, moral flaws in artworks can increase their aesthetic value. They deny what I call the valence constraint: the view that any effect that an artwork's moral value has on its aesthetic merit must have the same valence. The immoralist offers three arguments against the valence constraint. In this paper I argue that these arguments fail, and that this failure reveals something deep and interesting about the relationship between cognitive and moral value. In the final section I offer a positive argument for the valence constraint
Aesthetic value · Aesthetics · Argument (complex analysis · Constraint (computer-aided design · Epistemology · Geometry · Mathematical economics · Physics · Quantum mechanics · Valence (chemistry · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis · Chemistry · Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.31 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |