Re: aesthetic evaluation (was: RE: (OT) Music
| From: | And Rosta <a-rosta@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, June 12, 2002, 20:20 |
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John Cowan:
> And Rosta scripsit:
> > You might respond that
> > though having the status of principles they are nevertheless subjective,
> > not objective, but if so I will contend that to our thought what
> > matters is not such objectivity but rather the property of being
> > founded on justifiable principles.
>
> 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.
--And.
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