© British Society of Aesthetics 2008
Values of Art and the Ethical Question
Hallvard Lillehammer, Faculty of Philosophy, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB3 9DA, UK. Email: Hallvard.Lillehammer{at}kings.cam.ac.uk
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Does the ethical value of a work of art ever contribute to its aesthetic value? I argue that when conventionally interpreted as a request for a conceptual analysis the answer to this question is indeterminate. I then propose a different interpretation of the question on which it is understood as a substantial and normative question internal to the practice of aesthetic criticism.