1. What does "means-ends utilitarianism" mean?
2. Does "One can say" imply "one can conclude"?
3. Does " as" here mean "since"?
4. Does "As has been suggested" mean "as it is proposed"?
Context:
The accusation that Sierra pays his laborers to do “useless” work rings hollow in the sphere of art production where these performances take place, since artistic labor has always been “useless” and distinct from the means-ends utilitarianism of other kinds of production. It is notoriously difficult to identify the specific use value of art. One can say that on many levels Sierra’s labor is similarly useless, as it produces art. As has been suggested, his work is more accurately described as contemporary “ethnographic realism,” which, in antagonistic fashion, reveals as delusional the art community’s self-image as progressive and “democratic.”
red apple 1. What does "means-ends utilitarianism" mean? It could take volumes to explain this philosophical topic, but you may be able to get the gist of it from the articles shown in the link given below.
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red apple1. What does "means-ends utilitarianism" mean?
It could take volumes to explain this philosophical topic, but you may be able to get the gist of it from the articles shown in the link given below.