Beauty as the Symbol of Morality
A Twofold Duty in Kant’s Theory of Taste
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9688962 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Weijia Wang (0000-0002-3886-8871, KU Leuven, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 853-875 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s001221731800015x |
| OpenAlex | W2791133491 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
In the third Critique , Kant claims that beauty is the symbol of morality and that the consideration of this relation is a duty. This paper declares Kant’s argument to be twofold: firstly, experience of beauty strengthens our moral feeling. Secondly, in judging the beautiful, we assume some indeterminate purpose underlying nature, based on which we can conceive of nature as cooperative with our practical pursuit. Hence, for the sake of moral cultivation and moral motivation, it is our duty to regard beauty as the special symbol of morality
Aesthetics · Argument (complex analysis) · Beauty · Duty · Epistemology · Feeling · Morality · Symbol (formal) · Taste · Theology · Chemistry · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophical Thought and Analysis · Philosophy · Psychology
Critique of Pure Reason
Kant's Theory of Taste
Critique of the Power of Judgment
Immanuel Kant
Critique of Judgment
The metaphysics of morals (1797)
What real progress has metaphysics made in Germany since the time of Leibniz and Wolff? (1793/1804)
Kant's Aesthetic Theory
The Beautiful Is the Symbol of the Morally-Good
Critique of Practical Reason (Hackett Classics Series)
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |