But that is the point. If Tolstoy is right and art as distinct from expression should be a direct communication of emotional intelligence, we lack respect for emotional intelligence. Conscience is only a matter of conditioning and has no objective basis. This is where we differ. I agree with Plato that conscience is soul knowledge. Real art is a means of awakening us to remember it and how it influences us as objective “value”Greta wrote: No, it's not a new age notion, it's logic. Where do you draw the line between art and non-art? Everyone has their own idea of what is art and what isn't. Further we all have our own ideas of good art and bad art.
It is the same with a doctor. Doctor just says what a person does. It is up to others to determine the quality of their work. You will of course say that there are intellectual standards to value what a doctor does. I will reply that no such standards exist for emotional intelligence. What is wrong with this picture? Does emotional intelligence exist or have we just collectively become incapable of it?Where you make the mistake is conferring status to the label "artist". There is only status there for the egotistical and naive. Artist just says what a person does. It's up to others to determine the quality of her or his work.
Is it really ignorant to argue in favor of the right to privacy for the sexes? I know it isn’t politically correct but I believe it is essential for a functioning free society. If I were transgender it really wouldn’t bother me where I pissed. But there should always be places where men are free of women and women are free of men and these differences are not just respected but valued as well. A bathroom is one. As a transgender I could always fake it when necessary.It's ignorant comments like yours that make me want to quit philosophy forums and just do a blog. I'm disappointed. I thought you were bigger than that.
Mark Twain — 'Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform
He must have been an ignorant man. Who did he think he was to insult the politically correct majority?