With all the hate towards J.K Rowling (deserved) and lets say Kanye West for example, you can enjoy the art but can you really separate what they create from what they say?
With all the hate towards J.K Rowling (deserved) and lets say Kanye West for example, you can enjoy the art but can you really separate what they create from what they say?
I would say that giving attention is a similar reward to giving money or power. It’s better not to.
Better for whom? I would say it’s only better for the people being harmed if we aren’t spreading that attention around. But if I listen to early Kanye tracks on a personal device through headphones, is it “worse” because I’m giving him any of my brainspace?
I think OP’s question has two answers, a philosophical one and a practical one. If we cannot practically separate the art from the artist in a way that gives them attention, money, or power, fair enough. I’m just saying I think there is a way to do that.
Yes I do think giving them brainspace would be unethical but I’d agree with you that in practice is not impactful. That being said I imagine if employed at mass scale would have positive effects on our society. Attention matters in how society develops.