> Does good writing really outweigh that ? Does it matter? If one limits their reading to authors who are "good people"—whatever that is supposed to mean—they'

> Does good writing really outweigh that ? Does it matter? If one limits their reading to authors who are "good people"—whatever that is supposed to mean—they're not going to be left with much to read. She's a great crime novelist, regardless of how she was as a person. > Would we praise Mengele's writings ? (1) She's no Mengele. (2) If Joseph Mengele is a good writer, then yes we should praise his writings. Why would we not? John Lennon was a heck of a song writer; beating his wife doesn't change that.