The Relationship is...

Kieran suggests the central relationship between art and morality is the artistic devices that mediate the representation of events portrayed and the state of affairs that are represented be kept at a distance so that we cannot actually intervene. It depends on how the work is meant to be perceived, not what moral principle is relevant in the work. What should be looked at is the arts coherent imagery, complex development of themes and vivid style. An intelligible response to the work is what matters.