Some great people, through their art or thought, change our culture. But how do we know if the net effect of this change is good or bad? Is there any moral responsibility on the part of the artist or the thinker? Dr. Grant Maxwell is an author and philosopher who has pondered these questions and has many compelling thoughts to share.

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00:32 Introduction

03:04 Are there tangible benefits to certain cultural changes?

07:32 When there is a new popular music trend in society, is it good and if so, how?

16:37 Is there any moral culpability in music or emotion?

31:02 How would Spinoza interpret the Golden Rule?

37:51 Isn't Spinoza just replacing the idea of one transcendent realm (the spiritual world) for another one (a transcendent aspect of our physical world)?

43:01 If the universe is not finite, does Pantheism and Spinoza fail?