Beyond the Pleasure Principle: A Kantian Aesthetics of Autonomy

Aesthetic hedonism is the view that to be aesthetically good is to please. For most aesthetic hedonists, aesthetic normativity is hedonic normativity. This paper argues that Kant’s third 'Critique' contains resources for a nonhedonic account of aesthetic normativity as sourced in autonomy...

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Main Author:	Dominic McIver Lopes
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Helsinki University Press 2021-03-01
Series:	Estetika
Subjects:	aesthetic autonomy beauty kant normativity pleasure
Online Access:	https://estetikajournal.org/articles/251

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spelling	doaj-037ce2696873468781be83bd44490d3f2021-04-27T07:14:56ZengHelsinki University PressEstetika 2571-09152021-03-0158110.33134/eeja.251204Beyond the Pleasure Principle: A Kantian Aesthetics of AutonomyDominic McIver Lopes0University of British ColumbiaAesthetic hedonism is the view that to be aesthetically good is to please. For most aesthetic hedonists, aesthetic normativity is hedonic normativity. This paper argues that Kant’s third 'Critique' contains resources for a nonhedonic account of aesthetic normativity as sourced in autonomy as self-legislation. A case is made that the account is also Kant’s because it ties his aesthetics into a key theme of his larger philosophy.https://estetikajournal.org/articles/251aestheticautonomybeautykantnormativitypleasure
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title	Beyond the Pleasure Principle: A Kantian Aesthetics of Autonomy
title_short	Beyond the Pleasure Principle: A Kantian Aesthetics of Autonomy
title_full	Beyond the Pleasure Principle: A Kantian Aesthetics of Autonomy
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publisher	Helsinki University Press
series	Estetika
issn	2571-0915
publishDate	2021-03-01
description	Aesthetic hedonism is the view that to be aesthetically good is to please. For most aesthetic hedonists, aesthetic normativity is hedonic normativity. This paper argues that Kant’s third 'Critique' contains resources for a nonhedonic account of aesthetic normativity as sourced in autonomy as self-legislation. A case is made that the account is also Kant’s because it ties his aesthetics into a key theme of his larger philosophy.
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Beyond the Pleasure Principle: A Kantian Aesthetics of Autonomy

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