Critique of Practical Music

This book offers a systematic survey of ethos theory: the theory according to which the right sort of music can have a positive or negative effect on moral development. It also evaluates the extant empirical literature on music and moral development.

James O. Young, FRSC, is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Victoria. He is the author of several books including Cultural Appropriation and the Arts (2008), Critique of Pure Music (2014), A History of Western Philosophy of Music (2023) and more than 80 articles in refereed journals.

1. Origins of the Ethos Theory 2. Modern Philosophical Views on the Ethos Theory 3. Theory into Practice 4. The Empirical Evidence