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  • but: citizenry does not favor
    • because: citizenry is primary
  • because: aesthetic environment argument
    • because: aesthetic need
    • because: state's obligation
    • because: gov't support is necessary
      • but: redundant
        • because: supporters of art exist
        • because: attracts big businesses
          • because: upwardly mobile image
        • but: availiability of arts
        • because: no audience, no reason
  • but: minority should be helped
  • because: intrinsically valuable
    • but: no role for gov't
  • because: economic instrumentality
    • but: not the case for individuals
    • because: solves unemployment
      • but: not unemployment as such
      • but: not gov't's responsibility
      • but: copyright system
The government should fund arts
  • because: enriches cultures
    • but: political control
      • because: bad to work under censorship
      • because: a kind of censorship
  • but: benefits only the advantaged
  • because: art same support as sports
    • but: sport a good investment
    • but: both should not be subsidized
  • because: educational
    • but: not always the case
  • because: moralizing function
    • but: our intuition of arts
    • because: morally improved
      • because: greater tolerance
        • because: arouses sympathies for others
          • because: provide different perspectives
    • but: restricts art development
      • because: only certain art qualifies