Questions of Character
Questions of Character
This chapter criticizes an argument of Wayne Booth, which defends ethical criticism in terms of the notion of befriending a work's implied author. It then defends the moral beauty view, which holds that ethical merit is a kind of beauty. The views of Hume and Colin McGinn on moral beauty are discussed. It is also argued that beauty is not essentially a sensory property. The moral beauty view is used to argue for ethicism. Autonomist and contextualist arguments against this argument are criticized.
Keywords: beauty, Booth, friendship, Hume, implied author, Colin McGinn, moral beauty, sensory properties
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