After rereading the metaethics sequence, it occurred to me a possible reason why people can enjoy (the artistic genre) of tragedy. I think there’s an argument to be made along the lines of “watching tragedy is about not feeling guilty when you can’t predict the future well enough to see what right is.”
After rereading the metaethics sequence, it occurred to me a possible reason why people can enjoy (the artistic genre) of tragedy. I think there’s an argument to be made along the lines of “watching tragedy is about not feeling guilty when you can’t predict the future well enough to see what right is.”