Science is supposed to be about facts. People are very much geared toward good vs evil, and choosing sides.

Bill Cosby, Michael Jackson, Tom Cruise, Jane Fonda, .....

At one time in history each of these people produced some form of art/entertainment that resonated with a large number of people, and then they did something that a large portion of the population found objectionable. Does that make the things they created bad?

Our culture has decided that if someone does something we don't like, we don't like anything they are associated with... until they are dead. Once they are dead we can like their work again. I would argue that it would only be an ethical issue if the work itself were obtained in an unethical way. For instance,we tortured a bunch of children just to see how children responded to being tortured.

Science is supposed to be about facts. People are very much geared toward good vs evil, and choosing sides.

Bill Cosby, Michael Jackson, Tom Cruise, Jane Fonda, .....

At one time in history each of these people produced some form of art/entertainment that resonated with a large number of people, and then they did something that a large portion of the population found objectionable. Does that make the things they created bad?

Our culture has decided that if someone does something we don't like, we don't like anything they are associated with... until they are dead. Once they are dead we can like their work again. I would argue that it would only be an ethical issue if the work itself were obtained in an unethical way. For instance, if someone tortured a bunch of children just to see how children responded to being tortured.