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Documents And Moral Knowledge: Art In Yellowstone National Park, Tim Gorichanaz Dec 2018

Documents And Moral Knowledge: Art In Yellowstone National Park, Tim Gorichanaz

Proceedings from the Document Academy

Documents have traditionally been conceptualized as representations of reality. Recently, scholars have been exploring how documents can also construct reality. In this paper, I follow this thread, discussing how documents can supply moral knowledge, showing what people ought to value in the world, thereby guiding action. Specifically, I discuss two works of art depicting Yellowstone National Park: a painting by Thomas Moran, done in the 19th century; and a photograph by Michael Nichols, from the 21st. Both of these works respond to a dualism in the human relationship to the wilderness, dating back at least to the European colonization of …


Lexical Dichotomy And Ethics In Macbeth, Lindsey Simon-Jones Nov 2014

Lexical Dichotomy And Ethics In Macbeth, Lindsey Simon-Jones

Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference

No abstract provided.


“Much Virtue In If”: Ethics And Uncertainty In Hamlet And As You Like It, David Summers Nov 2014

“Much Virtue In If”: Ethics And Uncertainty In Hamlet And As You Like It, David Summers

Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference

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Time Served In Prison Shakespeare, Niels Herold, Matt Wallace Nov 2014

Time Served In Prison Shakespeare, Niels Herold, Matt Wallace

Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference

No abstract provided.