On the Ethics of Imagination and Ethical-Aesthetic Value Interaction in Fiction

Advocates of interactionism in the ethical criticism art argue that value impacts aesthetic value. The debate is concerned with “the intrinsic question”: question whether flaws/merits artworks’ manifested attitudes affect their (Gaut 2007: 9). This paper argues assumption artworks have problematic at least regards to a significant subset works: fictional artworks. I that, insofar as emerges only from attributable actual agents, extrinsic show what stake for judgements concerning artists’ context, rather than attitudes, are ever aesthetically relevant. conclude without buying into extreme intentionalism, still controversial theory interpretation ties meaning artists, fails flaws/merits.