If Chappelle’s art dines on controversy, cancellation serves it dessert. Continue reading
October 22, 2021
by utahphilosoraptor
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Category Archives: Art and Ethics
April 28, 2021
by Aesthetics for Birds
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Polite Conversations: Philosophers Discuss the Arts
A YouTube series features interviews with philosophers about their work in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Continue reading
April 14, 2021
by Aesthetics for Birds
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What’s So Bad About Digital Blackface?
Digital blackface is actively skewing our perception of what blackness contains, and thus what possibilities are open to all of us. Continue reading
March 31, 2021
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What Really Went Wrong at ‘Reply All’: Norms for a New Medium
To understand how ‘Caliphate’ and ‘Reply All’ have gone wrong, we need to understand how the conventions and function of podcasting have created distinctive forms of media. Continue reading
March 23, 2021
by Matt Strohl
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Five Strategies for Arguing About Art on the Internet
Aesthetic disagreements tend to go awry when we approach them as though the ultimate goal is to win. They will go better if we approach them with humility. Continue reading
February 26, 2021
by Aesthetics for Birds
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Is Classical Music Racist? An Aesthetic Approach
True diversification will ultimately require aesthetic integration to create something new that appeals to a diverse constituency. Continue reading
February 12, 2021
by Aesthetics for Birds
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The House Never Loses: How Microtransactions Exploit Video Game Players
The context of gameplay, the enchanting interactive and immersive effects, plays a role in limiting rationality and enabling exploitation. Continue reading
October 27, 2020
by Aesthetics for Birds
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Why Video Game Violence Isn’t Innocent
Is it ever morally wrong to commit violent or immoral acts in a video game? Is it ever morally wrong to harm a photograph? Yes. Let me explain why. Continue reading
September 3, 2020
by Anthony C.
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Instagram Filters for the Self: Autonomy and Internet “aesthetics”
Aesthetic styles associated with particular subcultural communities aren’t new. So what’s so significant about internet aesthetics like “dark academia”? Continue reading
June 18, 2020
by Aesthetics for Birds
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Burying the Dead Monuments
Removing statues is powerfully symbolic; how we treat them in their death is too. Continue reading
