'Jane Austen is superior to Leo Tolstoy, because [ethics].' It's infinitely more important to maintain the distinction between ethics and aesthetics than to use aesthetics as an excuse or an occasion for ethics. That in itself is peak culture-war flabbiness!
'Jane Austen is superior to Leo Tolstoy, because [ethics].' It's infinitely more important to maintain the distinction between ethics and aesthetics than to use aesthetics as an excuse or an occasion for ethics. That in itself is peak culture-war flabbiness!