Self-study
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Summary
Some people claim that video games are morally corrupting because they allow people to imagine themselves transgressing conventional morality. However, this same criticism was applied in the past to many other forms of popular culture during their early stages of development.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
And just as it now seems silly to suggest that reading novels is morally corrupting, eventually the criticism surrounding video games will also fade.
6.
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a
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We do not know if most new forms of popular culture will be criticized in their early stages. We only know that some new forms of popular culture in the past were criticized.
b
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We do not know what forms of popular culture one should prefer.
c
we can expect █████ ████████ █████ █████ █████ ██ ████ ████ ████
If criticisms surrounding novels faded over time, then criticisms surrounding video games will also fade over time.
d
we should condemn █████ ██ ███████ ███████ ████ █████ ██████ ██ ███████ ██████████ █████████████ ████████████ ████████
The argument does not make a determination about what forms of popular culture we should condemn. We only know that some new forms are condemned or were condemned in the past.
e
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The argument concedes that video games allow people to imagine themselves transgressing conventional morality.