Merit, Aesthetic and EthicalTo "look good" and to "be good" have traditionally been considered two very different notions. Indeed, philosophers have seen aesthetic and ethical values as fundamentally separate. Now, at the crossroads of a new wave of aesthetic theory, Marcia Muelder Eaton introduces this groundbreaking work, in which a bold new concept of merit where being good and looking good are integrated into one. |
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PART II TAKING THE AESTHETIC SERIOUSLY | 55 |
PART III INTEGRATING AESTHETIC AND MORAL VALUE | 95 |
PART IV CONSEQUENCES | 173 |
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