Jazz improvisation
Ethics
### Ethics

Many people believe that the social aspect of jazz improvisation can serve as a good foundation for [ethics](/wiki/Ethics "Ethics"). [Kathleen Higgins](/wiki/Kathleen_Higgins "Kathleen Higgins") argues that the way that individuals and groups interact and improvise in jazz can be seen as a model for ethical interactions, particularly between minority and majority populations. This idea is supported by [Ingrid Monson](/wiki/Ingrid_Monson "Ingrid Monson"), a musicologist, and [Jacques Attali](/wiki/Jacques_Attali "Jacques Attali"), an economist and scholar. Eugene W. Holland has proposed jazz improvisation as a model for social and economic relations in general. Edward W. Sarath has proposed jazz improvisation as a model for change in music, education, and society.

Jazz improvisation can also be seen as a model for [human interactions](/wiki/Human_interaction "Human interaction"). Jazz improvisation presents an image or representation of the ways in which humans engage with and interact with one another and the world around them, through a variety of linguistic, gestural, and expressive means. Through this process, musicians can collectively negotiate and ultimately constitute their shared musical and cultural space, which is important to the ethics of jazz improvisation since it highlights the collaborative and interactive nature of jazz improvisation and how music reflects and engages with the world.


What are some potential drawbacks to using jazz improvisation as a model for social interactions?