Art is art, and you don't have to like it, but i would put money on that people don't get corrupted morally from reading huck finn. That's a line i would like to draw firmly in the sand too, which is art. It also, he also says, religious principles are ok, like, you have to cut them some slack if they tleave some crazy religion, unless it's superstitious. Thisis another weird one. Is it ever permitted to judge of the civility or wisdom of any people, or even of single persons, by the grossness or refinement of their theological principles? The same good sense that directs men in the ordinary occurrences of life
Many of us think that art is subjective, but at the same time it seems like some artistic judgments are better than others. Do you think Crash deserved to receive an award for Best Picture? Did you like Season 2 of Ted Lasso? Well you’re wrong. So how do we reconcile these two conflicting attitudes about art? David and Tamler turn to David Hume’s classic essay Of the Standard of Taste (link in notes) for help. Will Pizarro finally see the error of his ways on Straw Dogs?
Plus a doozy of a medical ethics paper – should we allow people to change their legal age if it doesn’t match their "biological" and "emotional" age?
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