Commentary: liberalisation, art, and funding

Explores arguments surrounding state funding of the arts focusing on the critical response to Ronald Dworkin's publication A Matter of Principle (Cambridge, M.A.: Harvard University Press, 1985). The author examines Harry Brighouse's argument that state support violates state neutrality, highlights the differences between moral and aesthetic values in relation to state funding, and discusses Dworkin's arguments. He considers the role of market forces in funding art, argues that the private sector cannot support innovation, and concludes by justifying state funding of the arts.