And if you ask someone if they want their work judged by future standards right now unknown to them, i doubt they would appreciate, in a critical situation
People who judge works made in the past according to present-day moral standards are like Americans who travel abroad and expect everyone they meet to understand English.
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Exactly this. There’s a kind of anthropic fallacy where contemporary authors assume that this exact moment in time is the pinnacle of wokeness, and nothing they’re writing today can possibly reflect poorly on them in the future.
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Not a fair comparison. As we improve over time, we expect the past to look worse under present standards. Ok as long as we judge fairly. That the sages of the ages were as smart & ethical but that we’re standing on the shoulders of giants. Travel highlights cultural differences
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I don't think a neat equivalence can be drawn. In addition to appreciating a work in its moral milleu, it is still instructive to reflect on them and their milleu in our best, contemporary, moral understanding, but the same cannot be said of trying to speak English abroad.
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This tweet will age well.
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This tweet aged extremely well...https://time.com/5849184/confederate-statues-removed/ …
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If yester years moral standards were lacking then why do we still believe in centuries old religious books
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Is this some kind of apology for the Kentucky Fried Movie?
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