Fictional immorality and immoral fiction

Fictional immorality and immoral fiction

This book examines what, if anything, makes a depiction of fictional immorality-such as the murder, torture, or sexual assault of a fictional character-an example of immoral fiction, and therefore something that should be morally criticized and possibly prohibited.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Young, Garry
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham Lexington Books, 2021.
Subjects:
Fiction > History and criticism.
Fiction > Moral and ethical aspects.
Immorality in literature.
Roman > Histoire et critique.
Roman > Aspect moral.
Immoralité dans la littérature.
Fiction.
Electronic books.
EBSCO eBooks
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:EBSCOhost
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Fictional Immorality and Immoral Fiction
  • Fictional Immorality and Immoral Fiction
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1
  • Introduction
  • Immoral Fiction?
  • Aims
  • A Taste of Things to Come
  • Chapter Overviews
  • Notes
  • Chapter 2
  • The Metaphysics of Fictional Immorality
  • Introduction
  • The Conditions for Existence
  • Fictional Existence
  • Can Fiction Be Accidently True?
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Chapter 3
  • The Content of Fictional Immorality
  • Are All Cases of Fictional Immorality Immoral?
  • On the Possibility of a Causal Connection
  • Virtual Pedophilia and the Selective Immorality of Fictional Immorality
  • Child Pornography as Child Abuse
  • Non-pornographic Virtual Pedophilia
  • Slurs and the Selective Immorality of Fictional Immorality
  • In Defense of M2
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Chapter 4
  • The Meaning of Fictional Immorality
  • The Immorality of Endorsing an Immoral Worldview
  • Ambiguous Content: Endorsing or Not Endorsing a Particular View?
  • Is IWVrevised Morally Justified?
  • Moral Insensitivity
  • Mitigation in the Form of Moral Edification
  • The Aestheticization of Violence and Other Immoral Action
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Chapter 5
  • The Harm of Fictional Immorality
  • The Immorality of Harm
  • What Is It to Harm or Be Harmed?
  • The Conditions for Harm
  • Harming Others
  • The Risk of Increased Harm
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Chapter 6
  • Is There Evidence of Harm?
  • Historical Concerns
  • Obscenity and Its Association with Harm
  • Media Violence and Evidence of Harm
  • Other Fictional Spaces
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Chapter 7
  • Enjoying Fictional Immorality
  • Enjoying Fictional Immorality
  • Examining the Relationship between xi and Fictional-xi
  • Simulating Sadomasochism
  • Differentiating between Forms of Enjoyment
  • Refining Fictional-xi: Distinguishing between Fictional Worlds
  • Singing along to Depictions of Fictional Immorality
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Chapter 8
  • Resisting Fictional Immorality
  • Imaginative Resistance: An Unwillingness to Embrace "Immoral" Depictions
  • Ambiguity When Violating Fixed Norms
  • The Risk of Negative Effect (Harm)
  • Violating the Supervenience Relation
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Chapter 9
  • Poor Taste and Fictional Immorality
  • Poor Taste and Offense
  • The Nature and Strength of "Ought" in Accusations of Poor Taste
  • Poor Taste as a Suberogatory Action
  • Bad "Bad Taste" and Good "Bad Taste"
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Chapter 10
  • Historical Fiction and Fictional Immorality
  • The Fidelity Constraint Revisited
  • The Accidental Truth of Fiction Revisited
  • On the Matter of Accuracy
  • On the Morality of Historical Fiction
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Chapter 11
  • A New Kind of Fiction
  • Deepfakes: A New Kind of Fiction
  • Deepfakesp as Nonconsensual Pornography
  • The Intent to Misrepresent in the Absence or Presence of Disclosure
  • Deepfakep's Potential for Harm

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