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Introduction

ethics and the arts

Paul Macneill

pp. 1-6

Abstract

This book sets out to explore many facets of a relationship between ethics and the arts in (almost) all the arts: literature, music, painting, photography, film and documentary, dance and theatre. There is a section dealing with the relationship between ethics and the arts from philosophical perspectives—and a chapter in that section considers the role of the media in framing ethical issues. Ethics and the arts are also explored in relation to bioart—a new mode of art that draws on the biological sciences and techniques for manipulating life forms. The final section considers uses of the arts in relation to science and medicine. In particular: the arts as they are employed within the medical humanities; rhetorical devices in supporting "medical progress"; and artists and their works in response to climate change.

Publication details

Published in:

Macneill Paul (2014) Ethics and the arts. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 1-6

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8816-8_1

Full citation:

Macneill Paul (2014) „Introduction: ethics and the arts“, In: P. Macneill (ed.), Ethics and the arts, Dordrecht, Springer, 1–6.