I recently finished reading Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. In the preface of the novel, Wilde states: "There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all." "The moral life of man forms part of the subject-matter of the artist, but the morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium." Wilde addresses the "subject matter" of the moral life when he describes the gradual corruption of Dorian Gray,who turns to hedonism and murder. Contrary to Wilde, readers can and do delve beyond...