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Becoming Sensible: Thoughts on Rafe McGregor's Narrative Justice
- The Journal of Aesthetic Education
- University of Illinois Press
- Volume 54, Number 4, Winter 2020
- pp. 48-61
- Article
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Abstract:
I agree with Rafe McGregor's overall intuition regarding the ethical dimension of narratives, and I wholeheartedly applaud his endeavors to support the humanities via his particular methodology. However, there are several issues where we disagree, and I develop these in my commentary. Primarily, I challenge the epistemic framework underlying his theory, his account on the phenomenology of literary engagements, and, what I see as the most problematic aspect of his theory, the openness to the possibility of moral corruption via art. I end by raising some considerations regarding the practical implementation of his theory into our culture.