On 24 June 2010 20:13, David Goodman <[email protected]> wrote: > If education is learning about the world, there is essentially nothing > that can not be considered as having at least potential educational > value. There are of course different degrees of educational value, > but using it by itself as a criterion is much too simplistic. (In the > context of pornography, we've separated out recreation from education, > but I don't see how any imaginative form of expression has a clear > line between the two).
I guess it depends on what the *primary* purpose is. Pornography does educate, but its primary purpose is to entertain. Similarly, political and commercial propaganda/marketing does educate, but its primary purpose is to get votes/sales. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
