Tag: National Endowment for the Arts

Evil Subject Number Three – Zuidervaart’s defence of Arts funding pt.2

By - David
Posted on October, 20, 2014October, 20, 2014

So far Zuidervaart has argued that the Arts are needed, but who should pay for them? And what is the economic argument for doing so? This is what Zuidervaart calls his Public Justice Premise, the second premise of the three found in his book ‘Art In Public’. Zuidervaart argues that Civil Society should be given

“Something Nice, Like An Otter” – Zuidervaart’s defence of Arts funding (pt.1)

By - David
Posted on October, 13, 2014October, 14, 2014

Imagine this scenario. Two children come running into your kitchen, screaming and shouting over each other. The first child is shouting ‘He pushed me! He snatched my scooter!’ And the second one is shouting ‘It’s mine, it’s not his. He shouldn’t be touching my scooter!’ Now on the face of it, these children are totally

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