Historical foundations -- Is ethical criticism a problem? : a historical perspective / Paul Guyer -- Conceptions of ethical content -- Narrative and the ethical life / Noeel Carroll -- A nation of Madame Bovarys : on the possibility and desirability of moral improvement through fiction / Joshua Landy -- Empathy, expression, and what artworks have to teach / Mitchell Green -- Literature and moral responsibility -- Solid objects, solid objections : on Virginia Woolf and philosophy / Paisley Livingston -- Disgrace : Bernard Williams and J.M. Coetzee / Catherine Wilson -- Facing death together : Camus' The plague / Robert C. Solomon -- Visual art, artifacts, and the ethical response -- Staying in touch / Carolyn Korsmeyer -- Susan Sontag, Diane Arbus and the ethical dimensions of photography / David Davies -- Ethical judgments in museums / Ivan Gaskell -- Music and moral relations -- Cosi's canon quartet / Stephen Davies -- Jazz improvisation and ethical interaction : a sketch of the connections / Garry L. Hagberg.