It is uncontroversial that our engagement with artworks is constrained by obligations; most commonly, these consist in obligations to other persons, such as artists, audiences, and owners of artworks. A more controversial claim is that we have genuine obligations to artworks themselves. I defend a qualified version of this claim. However, I argue that such obligations do not derive from the supposed moral rights of artworks – for no such rights exist. Rather, I argue that these obligations are instances of duties of love: obligations that one incurs in virtue of loving some object, be it a person or, in this case, an artwork.

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对艺术品的义务是爱的责任

我们对艺术品的参与受到义务的约束是毫无争议的。最常见的是，这些义务包括对其他人的义务，例如艺术家，观众和艺术品所有者。一个更具争议性的说法是，我们对艺术品本身负有真正的义务。我捍卫此声明的限定版本。但是，我认为此类义务并非源自艺术品的精神权利，因为不存在此类权利。相反，我认为这些义务是爱的义务的实例：一种义务是由于爱某个物体（无论是人还是艺术品）所产生的。