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Autore |
McGinn Colin <1950-> |
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Titolo |
Ethics, evil, and fiction / / Colin McGinn |
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Oxford : , : Clarendon Press |
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New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1997 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-98092-7 |
9786611980924 |
0-19-151918-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 186 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ethics |
Ethics in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-181) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Introduction: The Scope of Moral Philosophy 2. Goodness 3. Knowledge of Goodness 4. The Evil Character 5. Beauty of Soul 6. The Picture: Dorian Gray 7. Who is Frankenstein's Monster? 8. Conclusion: Stories and Morals |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Bringing together moral philosophy and literary analysis in a way that offers new insights for both, McGinn examines the relations between morality, art and beauty. He shows the value of literary texts as sources of moral illumination. |
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