The Possibility of Culture: Pleasure and Moral Development in Kant's Aesthetics

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John Wiley & Sons, Apr 27, 2015 - Philosophy - 160 pages

The Possibility of Culture: Pleasure and Moral Development in Kant’s Aesthetics presents an in-depth exploration and deconstruction of Kant’s depiction of the ways in which aesthetic pursuits can promote personal moral development.

  • Presents an in-depth exploration of the connection between Kant’s aesthetics and his views on moral development
  • Reveals the links between Kant’s aesthetics and his anthropology and moral psychology
  • Explores Kant’s notion of genius and his views on the connections between the social aspects of taste and moral development
  • Addresses aspects of Kant’s ethical theory that will interest scholars working in ethics and moral psychology
 

Contents

Introduction
1
Chapter 1 Aesthetics and Culture in Context
13
Chapter 2 Beauty and Love
31
Chapter 3 Beauty and Disinterestedness
46
Chapter 4 Art Genius and Abstraction
66
Chapter 5 Sublimity and Esteem
84
Chapter 6 Choosing Culture Over Happiness
105
Chapter 7 Conclusion
122
Bibliography
138
Index
143
EULA
146
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Bradley Murray is a philosopher and psychotherapist who has taught at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and Oxford University, England. He has published widely on topics relating to Kantian philosophy.

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