An empirical investigation of guilty pleasures

Article Article scientifique Article An empirical investigation of guilty pleasures eng 2019 author Goffin Kris 908614 author Cova Florian 762816 1-27 10.1080/09515089.2019.1646897 1465-394X https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09515089.2019.1646897 In everyday language, the expression ‘guilty pleasure' refers to instances where one feels bad about enjoying a particular artwork. Thus, one's experience of guilty pleasure seems to involve the feeling that one should not enjoy this particular artwork and, by implication, the belief that there are norms according to which some aesthetic responses are more appropriate than others. One natural assumption would be that these norms are first and foremost aesthetic norms. However, this suggestion runs directly against recent findings in experimental philosophy, according to which most people deny the existence of aesthetic norms. Through three studies, we investigated people's experiences of guilty pleasures and the norms that underlay these experiences. We tentatively conclude that guilty pleasures are more often connected to one's personal norms and social expectations than to properly aesthetic norms. Experimental philosophy Aesthetic normativity Emotions Guilty pleasures Dewey 128.37 15 Centre interfacultaire en sciences affectives 0D8 false 1241 Affective sciences 961 Thumos Philosophical Psychology c0109696-000a-4852-b549-258a82881978 Article (Published version) Restricted An_empirical_investigation_of_guilty_pleasures.pdf 2352611 application/pdf restrictedAccess Centres et instituts / Centre interfacultaire en sciences affectives

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