morality ⁽⁹⁾

Last week in Atlas of non-landscape artists I said that a book had been purchased and subsequently delivered, after I had watched Sam Harris Still Hasn’t “Solved” Morality w/ ‪@lanceindependent in which the book had been mentioned by Lance, with particular reference to Stephen Stich and Edouard Machery. I still haven’t found time to watch the entire stream, but have…

Willard, Mary Beth. Why It’s Ok to Enjoy the Work of Immoral Artists. New York, NY: Routledge, 2021. ISBN 978-0-367-89864-9 I was hoping this book would easily generate a discussion piece for me, but no. The author has a blog aestheticsforbirds.com besides the day job as an academic, though I guess we could say teacher in Utah to make it…

I'll group that type of worlding which is more doctrinal or dogmatic, or focuses on bad outcomes of worlding under the term worldbuilding. I.E. it is a more intentional worlding, which is conscious of its ability to construct the world we live in, but does not see that urge to world, as anything other than something that must be controlled.