Brett

but it’s also true that Plato believed opinions should come from a particular part of society, presumably those who supposedly know what is best for e...

yes, I agree, the artists do repeat old principles, and is that not always morality do you think? Morality is not the same as law, though, is it?

yes I agree, it’s an explainer.

Unless we want to be something different than what we are.

This is part of my interest; are morals that malleable? Some morals have never changed: the universal taboo in incest, the complicated issue of killin...

I imagine that morality wasn’t explained, or justified, but demonstrated through those ancient art forms. Dance told a story, it explained and instruc...

What I was looking at primarily was the idea that art once explained and contained an understanding and reinforcement of morality. Very early art was ...