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In philosophical debates about the value of literature. followers of “aestheticism" maintain that the moral views expressed in a work of fiction are irrelevant when assessing the work 's value. They consider only aesthetic features such as change of pace, the creation and release of tension, the harmonizing of disparate elements. and other features similar to those valued in instrumental music. The opposing view, "ethicism," insists upon the importance of a work 's moral views in any assessment of its value. Adherents of the extreme form of ethicism refuse to grant any value. whatsoever to works they feel express immoral ideas, and they attach no value at all to the aesthetic features of a work. More moderate proponents of ethicism, however, value the aesthetic features of a work but nevertheless see them as secondary to the work 's moral viewpoint.

The most prominent form of ethicism claims that fictional literature is vital for n person's moral development. Indeed, the central tenet of this "edifying school" of ethicism is that fiction has value primarily because of its ability to improve people morally by increasing their awareness of injustice. Martha Nussbaum, unlike some other members of the edifying school, does not argue that n work of fiction must have a simple and directly stated moral, but she does believe that i work should contain “moral lesson even if that lesson is complex and only indirectly described.

Literary critic Richard Posner objects that more people have been changed by reading natural science and social science than by reading fiction. Furthermore, he notes that even when the moral views expressed in a work fall out of favor, the work's prestige usually suffers little damage. Indeed, Posner argues that most readers accept the presence of ethical views that conflict with their own with the same equanimity with which they accept the presence of antiquated customs or diction as both inevitable- given the antiquity of so much literature- and incidental to the purpose for which they rend it.

Posner concedes that we can change and improve ourselves through reading fiction. For example, we can improve our ability to express ourselves and achieve greater understanding of cultures, epochs, and sensibilities remote from our own, and indeed fiction may often increase our awareness or injustice, thereby improving us morally. Nevertheless. Posner believes that fiction is first and foremost in art form and as such is valuable primarily for the pleasure it gives its renders. Clearly. this pleasure is not always of the escapist sort, since it can be conferred by grimly realistic depictions of disasters and undeserved suffering. In such CINCN. Posner contends, fiction confers on the peculiarly intellectual pleasure of rending about people who ore much like ourselves but whose lives are more intense and changed with significance.

It can be inferred from the passage that Posner would he most likely to examine which of the following when assessing the value of a painting?

A. The painting's ability to influence the viewer's moral development B. The painting's ability to provide the viewer with pleasure C. The painting's ability to increase the viewer 's understanding of remote cultures and epochs D. Whether or not the painting depicts its subject realistically E. Whether or not the painting harmonizes disparate aesthetic elements

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推断题。题目问Posner在评估一幅画的价值时，最有可能检查以下哪一项，根据Posner定位文章最后一段“s such is valuable primarily for the pleasure it gives its renders”P认为给人带来愉悦感才是最重要的。对应B选项。（注意，本段开头的部分为让步，只有Nevertheless之后才是重点内容，否则可能错选A和C） A错误，influence the viewer's moral development影响道德发展，不是P的核心思想。 C错误，increase the viewer 's understanding of remote cultures and epochs只是说小说确实具备这个功能，但是依然不是P的核心思想。 D错误，depicts its subject realistically真实描绘主题，无关信息。 E 错误，harmonizes disparate aesthetic elements协调不同美学元素，无关信息。

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