In Defense of Comic Pluralism
Jokes are sometimes morally objectionable, and sometimes they are not. Whats the relationship between a jokes being morally objectionable and its being funny? Philosophers answers to this question run the gamut. In this paper I present a new argument for the view that the negative moral value of...
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Sprache: | Englisch |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
[2017]
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Ethical theory and moral practice
Jahr: 2017, Band: 20, Heft: 2, Seiten: 375-392 |
IxTheo Notationen: | NCA Ethik VA Philosophie |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Aesthetic judgment
B Comic moralism B Humor B Incongruity theory B Comic immoralism |
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Zusammenfassung: | Jokes are sometimes morally objectionable, and sometimes they are not. Whats the relationship between a jokes being morally objectionable and its being funny? Philosophers answers to this question run the gamut. In this paper I present a new argument for the view that the negative moral value of a joke can affect its comedic value both positively and negatively. |
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ISSN: | 1572-8447 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Ethical theory and moral practice
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10677-017-9784-3 |