Learning biases from fiction

Goffin, Kris and Friend, Stacie (2022) Learning biases from fiction. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 80 (2), pp. 129-139. ISSN 1540-6245.

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Abstract

Philosophers and psychologists have argued that fiction can ethically educate us: fiction supposedly can make us better people. This view has been contested. It is, however, rarely argued that fiction can morally “corrupt” us. In this paper, we focus on the alleged power of fiction to decrease one’s prejudices and biases. We argue that if fiction has the power to change prejudices and biases for the better, then it can also have the opposite effect. We further argue that fictions are more likely to be a bad influence than a good one

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Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is the peer reviewed version of the article, which has been published in final form at the link above. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
School:	School of Social Sciences, History and Philosophy > Philosophy
Depositing User:	Stacie Friend
Date Deposited:	11 Nov 2021 13:04
Last Modified:	24 Nov 2022 03:35
URI:	https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/46177

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