Art and Ethics
What are The Arts for?
Expressive
Aesthetic
Didactic
Representational
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The Aesthetic
60 second Philosophy: YouTube
Before we get into ethics, let's think about these questions.
- To what extent is our appreciation of the aesthetic
universal?
- Is it a matter of taste or something else?
Beauty Standards around the World
Beauty Standards around the
world: YouTube
The Science of Sexiness
Read the article and…
CONNECT:
How are the ideas and information presented CONNECTED to what you have already learned in TOK?
(E.g. What connects to our arts discussion? To the natural sciences?)
EXTEND:
What new ideas did you get that EXTENDED or pushed your thinking in new directions?
CHALLENGE:
What is still CHALLENGING or confusing for you to get your mind around? What questions, wonderings or
puzzles do you have?
Can The Arts reinforce both
positive and negative
representation?
Do artists have any ethical
responsibility?
Anjan Chatterjee: TED 2016