Ethics and Comic Amusement

2014/04/01 by N. Carroll, Noël Carroll · 3 citations
Psychology · Arts and Humanities · #Humor Studies and Applications #Comics and Graphic Narratives #Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art

paper · doi:10.1093/aesthj/ayu015

Abstract

This article explores several views on the relation of humour, especially tendentious humour, to morality, including comic amoralism, comic ethicism, comic immoralism, and moderate comic moralism. The essay concludes by defending moderate comic moralism.

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