Is Art A Waste Of Time Analysis
Any form of suffering should become a well made an effort for anyone to help relieve others suffering. In “Is Art a Waste of Time?” Rhys Southan describes the Effective Altruism movement and states how altruists live by the philosophy of improving the world by relieving human and animal suffering (Southan). I agree with the intentions of the EA movement. The pain felt by others is not acceptable when many people have the resources to help those who suffer. As an individual who wishes for every being to live comfortably in life, I can support the EA. However, my practices of helping others differ from the practices that the EA would usually use. Overall, I believe that every being, including animals, should live life with all the necessities
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Southan explains the EA’s goal to promote “working hard to earn money and then giving as much of it as you can to the needy” as well as other “good deeds” (435). As of today, I donate a certain percentage of my paycheck to an organization which helps families and schools in my local area with food and necessities. While the other part of my paycheck goes towards education to improve my wealth to help others later in life. By enhancing my happiness and self in life while also helping others, is a practice that Effective Altruists value. On the other hand, being an artist, I do not agree with taking away “the thing you most enjoy” and saying it “isn’t the most moral thing to do” (438). By creating or doing artistic actions is not wrong if they have good intentions as to help others, or use their art to recognize those who suffer. Even if an artist makes less of income than others and spends the majority of their time on projects does not mean that they are a morally wrong person. As an artist, I am inconsistent with the practices of the EA movement. Even though my intentions are to help others to the best of my ability, while also choosing to live a comfortable lifestyle. All in all, as long as a person makes an effort to acknowledge and aid those who suffer then what that person does in their spare time should not be weighed by its moral
Southan explains the EA’s goal to promote “working hard to earn money and then giving as much of it as you can to the needy” as well as other “good deeds” (435). As of today, I donate a certain percentage of my paycheck to an organization which helps families and schools in my local area with food and necessities. While the other part of my paycheck goes towards education to improve my wealth to help others later in life. By enhancing my happiness and self in life while also helping others, is a practice that Effective Altruists value. On the other hand, being an artist, I do not agree with taking away “the thing you most enjoy” and saying it “isn’t the most moral thing to do” (438). By creating or doing artistic actions is not wrong if they have good intentions as to help others, or use their art to recognize those who suffer. Even if an artist makes less of income than others and spends the majority of their time on projects does not mean that they are a morally wrong person. As an artist, I am inconsistent with the practices of the EA movement. Even though my intentions are to help others to the best of my ability, while also choosing to live a comfortable lifestyle. All in all, as long as a person makes an effort to acknowledge and aid those who suffer then what that person does in their spare time should not be weighed by its moral