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social science subjects > sociology > social theory > cultural theory > morality and aesthetic judgement

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morality and aesthetic judgement  

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  • What is at stake in the relationship of morality and aesthetic judgement is the hospitality of nature to the aesthetic ends of humanity. The affiliation of morality (the rational self-determination of the will) and aesthetic judgement (the designation of nature or its artistic representation as beautiful or sublime) emerged as a pressing concern within Enlightenment philosophy. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Theory; Morality and Aesthetic Judgement]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-SWCNW988-N

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