The Possibility of Culture: Pleasure and Moral Development in Kant's Aesthetics / Edition 1

by Bradley Murray

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118950654
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	06/22/2015
Series:	New Directions in Aesthetics
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

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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Table of Contents

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