Mary Beth Willard

Public Philosophy

“Cosby, Comedy and Aesthetic Betrayal” The Philosopher’s Magazine, Issue 88, First Quarter 2020, pp. 36-42. (preprint)

Blogging

• At Aesthetics for Birds, a group blog of philosophers of aesthetics and art. See all of my posts, or check out some of my more popular pieces:

  • “Mary Beth Willard on Fearless Girl Statue”

  • “AFB Artworld Roundtable: 5Pointz Lawsuit”

  • “Can We Separate The Art from the Artist?” (with Matt Strohl)

• “Aesthetics, Morality, and a Well-Lived Life (with Matt Strohl)” at Daily Nous.

In the Press:

• Graham, J. “When the Thriller is Gone, What Should You Do About Michael Jackson’s Songs?” Deseret News, March 16 2019.

• Hegarty, S. “Like Michael Jackson and R Kelly's songs but not them? Ethical approaches for how to deal with it,” ABC Life, 1 July 2019.