In art before the law ruth ronen proposes a new outlook on the ethics of art by arguing that art insists on this tradition of denial affirming its singular ethics through negativityronen treats the mechanism of negation as the basis for the relationship between art and ethics she shows how through moves of denial resistance and denouncement art exploits its negative relation to morality while deception fiction and transgression allegedly locate art outside morality and ethics . In art before the law ruth ronen proposes a new outlook on the ethics of art by arguing that art insists on this tradition of denial affirming its singular ethics through negativity eisbn 978 1 4426 6945 1 subjects philosophy psychology art art history x close overlay. Art before the law aesthetics and ethics kindle edition by ruth ronen download it once and read it on your kindle device pc phones or tablets use features like bookmarks note taking and highlighting while reading art before the law aesthetics and ethics. Art before the law aesthetics and ethics ruth ronen university of toronto press 2014 authors ruth ronen tel aviv university abstract this article has no associated abstract fix it keywords no keywords specified fix it categories no categories specified