Sul godimento della tragedia

Gregory Currie

pp. 7-24

in: Nuove teorie dell'immaginazione, Rivista di estetica 53, 2013.

Abstract

In this paper I consider some of the problems in moral psychology that tragic fiction brings to our attention. I consider Hume’s account of the attractions of tragedy and suggest that it is unsatisfactory. I then focus on the nature of our desires when responding to tragic representations, and argue that we need a distinction between real desires and what people have called “i-desires”. I show how we can draw this distinction in a principled way.