Moral intent can't be ignored. I think we recognize the gift and look if it is applied for the good of human society as a whole. As you say, to make a final judgment could be tough in some cases. Boris Shoshensky
>-- William Conger <[email protected]> wrote: Which brings us back to Miller's topic re Nazi art. Do we only judge the artists' gifts and talents in assessing their art or do we also include morality in the mix? A tough question, made tougher by any look at historical context for so much art, but can the moral intent issue be ignored? WC --- On Sun, 1/4/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Malcolm Gladwell > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 8:35 AM > They have. The morality part comes the way we apply those > gifts. > Boris Shoshensky > > -- William Conger <[email protected]> wrote: > Some terrorists psychopathic murderers have these gifts. > So, is there a moral > gift, too? > WC > > > --- On Fri, 1/2/09, [email protected] > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: [email protected] > <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Malcolm Gladwell > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: [email protected] > > Date: Friday, January 2, 2009, 1:10 PM > > I see it similar way. > > Boris Shoshensky > > > > -- [email protected] wrote: > > "I'll submit two candidates. They are both > gifts > > that, it seems to me, one is > > either born with or not, and there's no > > "acquiring" them. (Though one may not > > be aware of having them until the need/opportunity to > > exploit them arises.) > > > > The first is mental stamina -- the ability to hang in > there > > alertly on a > > "project" far long longer than most. > > > > The second has already been touched on, perhaps: The > > capacity to be > > "interested". I'd call it > > "curiosity", but it's more than that. > And it > > does > > not > > automatically come with smarts, talent, or stamina. > > It's its own gift". > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ Learn about VA loan programs and benefits. Click now. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/PnY6rx9LkMiYbOw9IBAE0z2iCkOrm5 Wv4OZNVkMQi69iRA67h63uE/
