Re: aesthetic evaluation (was: RE: (OT) Music

And Rosta sikyal:

> > Where did the word "justifiable" come from?  If we elect principles,
> > what justification need there be for them?
>
> It's their justifiability that makes moral and aesthetic principles
> and judgements more than a mere matter of taste. If we elect
> unjustifiable principles, then judgements based on those principles
> inherit that unjustifiability.
If I may jump in late with a "Me, too," I wholly agree with what And is
saying, both here and in his original post. Although we may never agree on
a set of aesthetic principles, just as we may not agree on moral
principles, it's still better to attempt to formulate and justify
aesthetics and morals, instead of simply acquiescing to "anything goes."
IMHO.


Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu
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