Fiction: Art and Ethics

PhD seminars
Speaker
Prof. Anne W. Eaton (Illinois-Chicago).
Start date
16-06-2020
End date
25-06-2020
Schedule
June 16th, 18th, 23rd, 25th, 16:00-18:00
Location
Dep. of Philosophy UB, Video-conference.

Description

In this course, we will discuss Prof. A.W. Eaton's book in progress, "Rough Heroes: Philosophical Reflections on Cinema, Morality, and Art". Title and abstract follow:

Title:  Fiction: Art and Ethics 
Venue and schedule: Videoconference Tuesday June 16, Thursday June 18, Tuesday June 23, and Thursday June 25, 16-18h. 

1) What is an ethical feature of an artwork?
2) Interaction between ethical and aesthetic features of artworks.
3) Pornography, Propaganda, and Racist Images4) How To Do Things With Pictures: Toward a Pictorial Pragmatics.