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Garry L. Hagberg, "Art and Ethical Criticism (New Directions in Aesthetics)"

"Garry Hagberg's new anthology Art and Ethical Criticism consists of twelve new essays-ten by philosophers, one each by an art historian and a professor of French-together with a short foreword. The overall argument that emerges from these essays is that the first, broader topic (the powers and interest of art for human subjects) is more important than the second, narrower topic (the relation between artistic and moral value), and the essays are strongest exactly when they illuminate the powers and interest of art, precisely by not separating the artistic and ethical features of a work sharply from each other." (Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, January 2009) Ethics and aesthetics are often dismissed as disciplines fraught with relativism and individual preference. Further, discussions of moral behavior often use literary allusions as examples while aestheticians wonder about how the ethics of a piece's development affects "artistic integrity." Hagberg (Univ. of East Anglia) draws together some of the top thinkers in aesthetics to consider the cross-impacts between these philosophical disciplines. The selections are widely representative of approaches to ethical criticism of artworks, and the ethical/aesthetic dimensions of the literary, visual, and auditory arts. The introductory essay by Paul Guyer displays both the strength and weakness of the volume: it is thorough, meticulous, and well written but largely incomprehensible unless one already knows quite a bit of aesthetic and ethical theory. On the other end of the scale, Carolyn Korsmeyer's article on architectural genuineness is exceptional in its ability to introduce readers to an interesting problem not often considered. But little is resolved. This volume is uneven, but some unevenness may be the point. Hagberg's connection to Wittgenstein is well known. Certainly these essays represent a family resemblance model of thinking about art and ethical criticism. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and up. (R. E. Kraft, York College of Pennsylvania, CHOICE, March 2009)

“Garry Hagberg's new anthology Art and Ethical Criticism consists of twelve new essays—ten by philosophers, one each by an art historian and a professor of French—together with a short foreword. The overall argument that emerges from these essays is that the first, broader topic (the powers and interest of art for human subjects) is more important than the second, narrower topic (the relation between artistic and moral value), and the essays are strongest exactly when they illuminate the powers and interest of art, precisely by not separating the artistic and ethical features of a work sharply from each other.” (Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, January 2009)

Ethics and aesthetics are often dismissed as disciplines fraught with relativism and individual preference. Further, discussions of moral behavior often use literary allusions as examples while aestheticians wonder about how the ethics of a piece's development affects "artistic integrity." Hagberg (Univ. of East Anglia) draws together some of the top thinkers in aesthetics to consider the cross-impacts between these philosophical disciplines. The selections are widely representative of approaches to ethical criticism of artworks, and the ethical/aesthetic dimensions of the literary, visual, and auditory arts. The introductory essay by Paul Guyer displays both the strength and weakness of the volume: it is thorough, meticulous, and well written but largely incomprehensible unless one already knows quite a bit of aesthetic and ethical theory. On the other end of the scale, Carolyn Korsmeyer's article on architectural genuineness is exceptional in its ability to introduce readers to an interesting problem not often considered. But little is resolved. This volume is uneven, but some unevenness may be the point. Hagberg's connection to Wittgenstein is well known. Certainly these essays represent a family resemblance model of thinking about art and ethical criticism. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and up. (R. E. Kraft, York College of Pennsylvania, CHOICE, March 2009)

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