is morality relevant to art Flashcards
1
Q
what are the 2 important sources of variation in the verdicts of ‘true judges’, according to Hume
A
individual temperament and culture
2
Q
what is the key point that Hume extracts from his analogy between beauty and colour
A
both are subjective but we can still be wrong about them
3
Q
In Hume’s view, a moral flaw in a work of art counts as what?
A
an artistic flaw
4
Q
what is the Problem of Imaginative Resistance
A
for some reason our imagination stalls when we are asked to imagine alternative moralities
5
Q
what do Gendler and Walton disagree on?
A
we cannot imagine something that is impossible or inconceivable
6
Q
why does Gendler think imaginative resistance occurs?
A
because we worry that adopting a work’s perspective might mess up our moral orientation
