%0 Journal Article
%T Fausset¨¦s imaginaires
%A Yvan T¨¦treault
%J Les Ateliers de l¡¯¨¦thique
%D 2010
%I Universit¨¦ de Montr¨¦al
%X Morally deviant fictional narratives can be problematic with regards to what is ¡°true in the story.¡± Although one has no difficulty in imagining as fictionally true that ¡°Giselda killed her baby,¡± one has a different reaction when it comes to imagining the cancellation of one¡¯s own moral values. When confronted with a narrative featuring the claim that ¡°In killing her baby, Giselda did the right thing, after all, it was a girl,¡±one¡¯s response is likely to involve the questioning of the author¡¯s authority: indeed the author may think that female infanticide is morally right, but that is false, even in the story. The conditions giving rise to this sort of phenomenon have been differently articulated, typically with the aim of going beyond the moral/non-moral divide. A more general contrast between evaluative and descriptive claims is often suggested. After characterizing with more precision the notions of imagination and imaginability, I will briefly review the litterature devoted to this topic, and argue in favor of a solution based on rules for modifying the exten- sion and intension of imaginary predicates. According to this account, what takes place in moral- ly deviant narratives is to be explained through a more general principle that applies to both evaluative and descriptive claims.R¨¦SUM¨¦Les r¨¦cits de fiction comportant une moralit¨¦ d¨¦viante posent parfois probl¨¨me quant ¨¤ la d¨¦ter- mination de ce qui est   vrai dans l¡¯histoire  . Si par exemple on a aucune difficult¨¦ ¨¤ consid¨¦rer comme vrai dans le monde imaginaire que   Giselda a tu¨¦ son b¨¦b¨¦  , les choses sont diff¨¦rentes lorsqu¡¯il s¡¯agit d¡¯imaginer une situation dans laquelle nos valeurs morales sont remises en ques- tion. Confront¨¦ ¨¤ un r¨¦cit comportant l¡¯¨¦nonc¨¦   Giselda a fait la bonne chose en tuant son b¨¦b¨¦, apr¨¨s tout, c¡¯¨¦tait une fille  , on aura tendance ¨¤ questionner l¡¯autorit¨¦ de l¡¯auteur : celui-ci peut bien penser que l¡¯infanticide f¨¦minin est moralement justifi¨¦, mais en fait c¡¯est faux, m¨ºme dans l¡¯histoire. Les conditions qui donnent lieu au ph¨¦nom¨¨ne ont ¨¦t¨¦ articul¨¦es de diverses fa ons, l¡¯objectif ¨¦tant habituellement de parvenir ¨¤ une formulation qui d¨¦passe le cadre plus ¨¦troite- ment moral. On invoque par exemple une distinction plus g¨¦n¨¦rale entre l¡¯¨¦valuatif et le descrip- tif. Apr¨¨s avoir caract¨¦ris¨¦ plus pr¨¦cis¨¦ment les notions d¡¯imagination et d¡¯imaginabilit¨¦, j¡¯exami- nerai bri¨¨vement la litt¨¦rature sur le sujet et d¨¦fendrai une solution reposant sur les r¨¨gles de modification de l¡¯extension et de l¡¯intension des pr¨¦dicats imaginaires. D¡¯apr¨¨s cette analyse, ce qui s
%K ethics
%K meta-ethics
%K imagination
%U http://www.creum.umontreal.ca/IMG/pdf_06_Tetreault.pdf