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Introduction to the Narrative Justice Symposium

Introduction to the Narrative Justice Symposium <p>Abstract:</p><p><i>Narrative Justice</i> presents an argument for a contemporary theory of aesthetic education, followed by examples of that theory in practice. I use <i>aesthetic education</i> in its strict philosophical sense, that is, as a thesis about the relationship between aesthetic or artistic value on the one hand and moral and political value on the other hand. The crux of the thesis is that there is some kind of causal relation between aesthetic experiences and moral development. The term is ambiguous because an aesthetic education is not an education <i>in</i> aesthetics but an education <i>by</i> aesthetics, specifically a <i>moral education</i> by aesthetic means, which is, in turn, a means to the end of <i>political education</i>.</p> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Aesthetic Education University of Illinois Press

Introduction to the Narrative Justice Symposium

The Journal of Aesthetic Education , Volume 54 (4) – Oct 22, 2020

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Abstract

<p>Abstract:</p><p><i>Narrative Justice</i> presents an argument for a contemporary theory of aesthetic education, followed by examples of that theory in practice. I use <i>aesthetic education</i> in its strict philosophical sense, that is, as a thesis about the relationship between aesthetic or artistic value on the one hand and moral and political value on the other hand. The crux of the thesis is that there is some kind of causal relation between aesthetic experiences and moral development. The term is ambiguous because an aesthetic education is not an education <i>in</i> aesthetics but an education <i>by</i> aesthetics, specifically a <i>moral education</i> by aesthetic means, which is, in turn, a means to the end of <i>political education</i>.</p>

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The Journal of Aesthetic EducationUniversity of Illinois Press

Published: Oct 22, 2020

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