Enough with the abstract discussion, if art is moral or
immoral, what makes it so? Where is the morality or
immorality found? Is, say, Postman Always Rings Twice moral
or immoral? Do we look at all of the actions in the book and
judge it immoral, or do we look at the ending and call it
moral? Does a moral lesson at the end overpower all of the
sin that came before? Related, which do we read it for? Do we
immerse ourselves in, and possibly enjoy vicariously, the
immorality? Or do we side with the morality lesson at the
end? Do we have to choose between the two?
And what do you do with something like the book Postman is
said to have inspired, Camus's The Stranger? Moral or
immoral? Is it real that simple?
Mark
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