The Relationship between Immorality and Aesthetic Value of Movie from the Perspective of Moderate Moralism

Among the important questions asked about the relationship between ethics and movie are: Can we consider an immoral film to be lacking aesthetic value? Is it an aesthetically weak work? Since Plato's time, different views have been expressed in response to this question. Among these views, "moderate moralism", which represents a contemporary approach, claims to be more capable of offering an explanation about the relationship between ethics and art. Using content analysis and a documentary method, this paper investigates the perspective of moderate moralism. The research results show that the most important points of the difference between moderate moralism and extremism include the scope of the coverage of ethical evaluation, using the principles of "insofar" and "from all directions" and belief in the plurality of values. The moderate views of moralism also differ on such issues like the scope of the coverage of ethical evaluation, using adverbs like "always" or "sometimes", the method of reasoning and having a morally sensitive audience. An analysis of three moderate views shows that Gatt’s view is considered as the most plausible.