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There’s A Fundamental Problem With Trying To Justify Why The Arts Are A “Good” Thing

ISSUES Posted: February 5, 2019 11:31 am

Carter Gillies: “Either we say that improving health, wellbeing and social outcomes is our proper motivation, or we admit that the value of the arts is different to this. If instrumental benefits are what truly matters, then it may be necessary to sacrifice some art that doesn’t meet these criteria. We can hold on to the ideal of instrumentality, or to art that does not show evidence of instrumental benefits. But we can’t have it both ways.” – Arts Professional

ISSUES Published: 01.31.19

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