Anita's Share: The Moral Problem of Monstrous Artists
- jeanne7629
- Oct 13
- 1 min read
I liked this podcast as it deals with a dilemma I’ve been having myself and presents three different viewpoints. Listening to the speakers allowed me to examine my own feelings about whether art can stand alone in isolation from what we know about the artist and reach a more nuanced position.
Thanks for a thought-provoking podcast. This is a great discussion about a perennial issue that seems more poignant than ever in our social media age. Of course there are limits to ethical and moral behaviour, but part of me thinks you could dig deep into anyone’s life and find flaws, so why do we treat artists differently, why can’t we separate the artist from the art? We don’t hold creators of digital platforms or creators of automobiles or creators of government legislation to the same high standards, why is art different?
Wow so many interesting ideas and thoughts in this one! You could literally pause every few minutes and give yourself 20 mins of uninteruptted time to take in all in let your own brain and ideas emmerge…
Here are my 3 “ah ha” moments:
First this question: What exactly are we doing when we decide we're not going to consume, or we should not consume some piece of art? What are we doing? Are we seeking to punish? Are we seeking to demonstrate something to ourselves or others about our own moral fibre? Are we communicating something? Are we trying to achieve some concrete outcome?
Then this comment: “Any act of kind of public moral judgment, especially when we are…