Either/Or Episode 5

This is the last episode of Either/Or and the theme of this episode is to explore the relationship between art and economy, such as whether it even make sense to talk about art alongside with economical theory. Different societies and economies … Continue reading →

Continuing the topic on the relationship between art and modern society, this episode goes deeper to the topic of how art can reveal new perspective in the modern society and how it relates to creation of art. The judge continues … Continue reading →

After a series of episodes on discussion on the traditional art forms, this episode explores the relationship between art and the modern society. In this episode, the judge claims that art has the special power to provide fresh perspective to … Continue reading →

After five weeks of discussion about the aesthetical and ethical concern of various art forms, the hosts have discovered the need to explicate the deeper problem. This is a special episode in a sense that the discussion centers on the … Continue reading →

This week is about literature. In this episode the judge considers that there are certain necessary conditions for a novel to be a novel and one of them is the ethical theme. The judge claims that it is the soul and … Continue reading →

This week, the judge and the artist introduced the new section called ‘quote of the day’ (which ended up being a rather intermittent addition to the format!). Anyway, the artist states that there are certain necessary conditions for something to … Continue reading →

This episode takes you right into the aesthetical and ethical debate of music. In this episode, the judge insists that one of the necessary components for music is lyrics since the only way to incorporate ethics into music is lyrics. … Continue reading →

The debate of this episode circles around whether movie directors have an obligation to portray an accurate account of  moral issues. The movies that are discussed in this episode include Lolita and Gone Baby Gone.  The judge claims that it is vitally … Continue reading →

This is our very first episode and, as can be expected, we were a bit tentative at times. Nevertheless, after getting into the swing of things, we ended up discussing movies, debating whether we, as an attentive and ethically-conscious audience, should allow … Continue reading →