Suppose That the Following Pair of Statements Appears in a Review

question 39

Essay

Suppose that the following pair of statements appears in a review of the same work of art. Identify which of the aesthetic principles referred to in the text each statement in the pair appeals to. Then state whether the principles are compatible and thus form the basis for a consistent review, or whether they are incompatible and cannot both be used in a consistent review.
a. Phillis Wheatley's poetry is important art because it convinced her eighteenth-century contemporaries of the artistic abilities of Africans and contributed to the antislavery movement.
b. Phillis Wheatley's poems are exemplary expressions of Christian values.

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Definitions:

Fundamental Attribution Error

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Extenuating Circumstances

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Videotaped Confessions

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Simulated Jurors

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