Sul godimento della tragedia
In this paper I consider some of the problems in moral psychology that tragic fiction brings to our attention. I consider Hume’s account of the attractions of tragedy and suggest that it is unsatisfactory. I then focus on the nature of our desires when responding to tragic representations, and argue...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Rosenberg & Sellier
2013-06-01
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| Series: | Rivista di Estetica |
| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/estetica/1563 |
| Summary: | In this paper I consider some of the problems in moral psychology that tragic fiction brings to our attention. I consider Hume’s account of the attractions of tragedy and suggest that it is unsatisfactory. I then focus on the nature of our desires when responding to tragic representations, and argue that we need a distinction between real desires and what people have called “i-desires”. I show how we can draw this distinction in a principled way. |
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| ISSN: | 0035-6212 2421-5864 |