This collection brings together the text of the monograph Art and
Morality by the philosopher Richard Beardsmore along with fourteen
other essays (both published and previously unpublished) in which he
explores further some of the themes of his seminal book. With the
revival of interest among philosophers and others in the relationships
between art and morality the publication of this material is especially
timely. Beardsmore's original contribution first introduced the
principal terminology in which discussions have been expressed and many
of the later essays showed the influence of Wittgenstein. The
publication of this anthology of his writings on these themes has been
welcomed by others writing on the same or related themes.