Ethical Considerations in the Arts

  The movie series 13 reasons why has been criticized by suicide experts that it has evoked the suicide rates and suicide searches on Google. Netflix, who created the series rejected all the arguments and evidence that the show arouses suicide rates. Sophie Gilbert said, “Netflix and the producers have repeatedly claimed that the show is raising awareness around the subject of suicide” both sides argue. Should there be ethical considerations? Well younger people tend to get influenced easier than older people. Statistics show for a fact that 13 reasons why has increased suicide rates. This shows that the show has influenced people, and has the power to affect emotions, which made them commit suicide. Many different forms of arts have power to influence people, possibly even control over them in an indirect way. A good example is “Blue Whale” where children were led to suicide from playing the game. Art definitely has the power to alter people’s emotions. I think that arts sends a message to people and influence them, for example motivational songs’ purpose is to motivate people. However if the artist has bad intentions, which is clear in “BlueWhale” I think it should be banned and not to get released. There should be some kind of to what is released publicly. I think the government should create a dependable organization that checks the artwork before it is released to see if it might be of any harm to people, especially teens.

In some cases like 13 reasons why, has affected the public in a bad way but was never intended to. It all depends on how the public see the artwork, how they interpret it. In 13 reasons why, the teens would relate themselves to what happens in the series. In the show a teenage killed himself, which might have affected some teens’ emotions, leading them to do the same thing that the character did. This might have never been intended, but there should be some kind of organization that looks over the artwork before it being released to the public.