Critics disagree sharply about whether The Old Man and the Sea is a good book. Is that because they evaluate books based on their own moral outlooks? And should they? Along the way we discuss an essay by Katherine Jobes and the works of Cormac McCarthy. (Intro: Cold Funk (edited) by Kevin MacLeod, from Incompetech.com, CC BY 3.0 license. Outro: Teller of the Tales (edited) by Kevin MacLeod, from Incompetech.com, CC BY 3.0 US license.)

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