Why Pornography Can't Be Art

Abstract

Why PorNograPhy CaN't Be art by Christy Mag Uidhir W hen cultural pundits, members of Congress, and New york City mayors exclaim "that's not art, it's pornography!"they mean something quite exclusionary, namely, if pornography, then not art.typically, such exclusion gets predicated on some supposed essential moral or aesthetic value difference between pornography and art that is controversial at best. the goal of this article isn't to attack or defend value-based exclusionary claims but rather to offer a value-neutral option.I argue that, while pornography and art may be able to share contents and aims, 1 pornography and art are essentially related to contents and aims in a way that makes it impossible for something to be both pornography and art.

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