Naslov
In Defence of the Interpretation-oriented Ethical Criticism of Art

Autori
Vidmar Jovanović, Iris

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
The 1st Art and Ethics Prague Conference, What Future for the Ethical Criticism of Art, Prague, 2022

Mjesto i datum
Prag, Češka Republika, 25.04.2022. - 26.04.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija

Ključne riječi
Interpretation, ethical criticism, perspectivism

Sažetak
My aim in this presentation is to defend interpretation-oriented ethical criticism of art against one of the worries issued at its most famous instance, perspectivism, by Ted Nannicelli. As he argues, in order for one to be able to claim that a work W prescribes a certain perspective P, one needs to show that (i) an artist intended W to mean P ; and (ii) that P is the ‘single right interpretation’ of W. However, we can neither determine what an author intended W to mean, nor can we know what W in fact means. Consequently, we cannot ethically evaluate W by ethically evaluating P. I agree with Nannicelli and my aim here is not to deny his skepticism regarding perspectivism. However, I suggest that rejecting perspectivism in favor of Nannicelli’s preferred account, a product-oriented approach, is not a good solution to the problem of ethical evaluation of narrative art and I seek to salvage interpretation-oriented approach by offering a modified account of perspectivism, which I develop in the first part. I then offer a different criticism of perspectivism, to show how it should be modified so as to make a more substantial contribution to the ethical criticism of art. I conclude by providing a rough sketch of how our ethical criticism of narrative art should proceed in order to contribute to art’s educational and cultural values and to gain relevance in a public domain.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filozofija

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