Against Morality

by Rosanna Mclaughlin

88 pages, Paperback

Published June 24, 2025

Reviews

[A N N A · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the most thought provoking, inspiring, fresh and original essays I read in years.

If I would ever become an art teacher, I would want my students to read this.

[Natalie Wehrer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible. Thought provoking. Transgressive even, although by nature, would never claim that title for itself.

[J S · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely brilliant application of the amoral tendency in philosophy to tangible phenomena (art and the art world) that makes this little book seem almost more useful in a lot of ways than those of other philosophers who have wielded the tendency with what can only seem in comparison to be obscurity.

[Thomas Condon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved how this essay powerfully and succinctly diagnoses the malaise that has plagued so many aspects of western cultural and political discourse since the late 2010s. Particularly appreciated the identification of ambiguity or the opportunity for individual interpretation as an enemy of the current moral hegemony.

[elle · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5. Quite surface level and a bit too many hyperbolic Twitter-isms in the first chapter which took me out of it. I was hoping it would be a bit more challenging.

[Blair Wallace · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredibly thought provoking. Balances a lot of ideas about the future of art, identity politics and placing today’s morals on art of the past well while still remaining punchy.