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Censorship Of Art Research Paper

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Dylan Bishop
12/15/15
Philosophy of Art

Censorship and regulation is all around us in the world we live in now. The current way society is made and built pretty much anything you post online or even any statement you make is bound to offend or brush someone the wrong way. Which puts many artists in a bit of a jam when people argue that we should be able to go out and ban any sort of art that we feel offends us or makes us feel uncomfortable. This is simply silly and arbitrary. Let’s it face most great art in the world today consists of “sex drugs and rock and roll” which is how it’s always been and will stay. No one wants to read a sappy story about finding love or a depressing book that they’ve seen and heard a thousand times. …show more content…

This was the first idea of censorship of art because Plato thought all art is bad for a society and it should be banned and artists should no longer make art at all. But then Plato falls back on his idea of censorship and has mixed feelings when he said that crazed stories and poetry are better and more interesting to read than reading something a technical writer wrote. The main point of this statement being Plato himself could not come up with a good counter argument to stick for his stand on censorship and neither has anyone else to this very day because it’s simply arbitrary. It makes no sense to censor any art no matter how crazy and gross and offensive it may …show more content…

Another form of art that some feel should be censored is some novels that are out there like Catcher and the Rye, Harry Potter series, and To Kill a MockingBird again this is just to name a few that are out there. People for censorship mainly want it as a way of protecting their kids and to protect the people who can’t handle those types of art. The main reason for that is people are sometimes afraid that if people play, watch, or see these works they might make them snap and try and imitate what they’ve seen or read in real life. A new research American Psychological Association (APA) has shown that children and young adults who play first person shooter games have been more prone to aggression but not necessarily criminal activity. The same can be said for racy novels that depict killing and

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