Feelings & Aesthetic Value
Briefly

Approaching art like other products, like a student's paper, demonstrates that the artist's ethics should not influence the aesthetic value of their work.
One can assess a work of art, just as one would with a well-written student paper, based on its quality regardless of the artist's conduct.
Artistic merit should be determined independently from the personal life of the artist, analogous to how we judge an athlete's performance despite their character.
Like athletic records, the quality of a work of art exists independently of public sentiment toward the artist, preserving an objective assessment.
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