Abstract
AbstractIs it appropriate to honor artists who have created great works but who have also acted immorally? In this article, after arguing that honoring involves identifying a person as someone we ought to admire, we present three moral reasons against honoring immoral artists. First, we argue that honoring can serve to condone their behavior, through the mediums of emotional prioritization and exemplar identification. Second, we argue that honoring immoral artists can generate undue epistemic credibility for the artists, which can lead to an indirect form of testimonial injustice for the artists’ victims. Third, we argue, building on the first two reasons, that honoring immoral artists can also serve to silence their victims. We end by considering how we might respond to these reasons.
Highlights
Is it appropriate to honor artists who have created great works but who have acted immorally? In this article, after arguing that honoring involves identifying a person as someone we ought to admire, we present three moral reasons against honoring immoral artists
In section, we argue that honoring immoral artists can express condonation for their behavior through the mediums of emotional prioritization and exemplar identification
In section, we argue that honoring immoral artists can generate undue epistemic credibility for the artists, which can lead to an indirect form of testimonial injustice for the artists’ victims
Summary
Is it appropriate to honor artists who have created great works but who have acted immorally? In this article, after arguing that honoring involves identifying a person as someone we ought to admire, we present three moral reasons against honoring immoral artists. Is it appropriate to honor artists who have created great works but who have acted immorally? We argue, building on the first two reasons, that honoring immoral artists can serve to silence their victims. Roman Polanski is widely regarded as one of the world’s greatest film directors His film Chinatown has been judged to be the best film of all time (Pulver ). In giving him the honor of being the president of the César Awards in , the Académie des César expressed its, “admiration and enchantment” for Polanski (Henley ) Those who work with him hold him in high esteem. Four more women have subsequently accused Polanski of sexual assault Is it appropriate to honor an artist such as Polanski, who has created great works and acted immorally?
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