Bradley Murray

The Possibility of Culture (eBook, ePUB)

Pleasure and Moral Development in Kant's Aesthetics

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118950678
• Artikelnr.: 42832039

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements viii Note on Citations ix Introduction 1 1 Aesthetics and
Culture in Context 13 2 Beauty and Love 31 3 Beauty and Disinterestedness
46 4 Art, Genius, and Abstraction 66 5 Sublimity and Esteem 84 6 Choosing
Culture Over Happiness 105 7 Conclusion 122 Bibliography 138 Index 143