The Music of Our Lives

Philadelphia: Lexington Books (1991)
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Kathleen Higgins argues that the arguments that Plato used to defend the ethical value of music are still applicable today. Music encourages ethically valuable attitudes and behavior, provides practice in skills that are valuable in ethical life, and symbolizes ethical ideals.

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ML3920.H5 1991

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9780739120859   0739120859   087722756X   9780877227564

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10.2307/430959

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