Essay - Kant for Kant, Beauty is the Symbol of What is...

Kant

***** Kant, beauty is the symbol of what is morally good. In order to justify h***** view, Kant appeals to several parallels between morality and aes*****tics, i.e. between what is perceived as beautiful and ***** is moral. The first similarity he identif*****s consists of t***** reac*****ion beauty and ********** trigger, i.e. one of pleasure. Secondly, he argues that this reaction of pleasure is independent of any exterior influence manifested as interest as the pleasure generated from what ***** morally ***** is bound to interest but th***** bond does not precede ***** he refers to as "delight." Thirdly, he argues that when perceiving ***** we use our imagination, a process similar to understanding the reasons why we abide by a cert*****in law. Nevertheless, he claims that w*****n choosing to confirm to a specific *****, we need to t*****ke into consideration ***** our freedom of the will does not disregard the laws of reason. Last but ***** least, the criteria which we ***** to evaluate beauty are as universal as those ***** morality. None*****less, the principles of beauty ***** subjective whereas ***** ***** morals are objective and can be applied to all individuals. To fur*****r support his theory, Kant puts forward the example of objects being positively valued ***** assessed using words and analogies ***** seem ***** have moral origins in the sense that they belong to the perimeter of morality, ***** not beauty. On the other hand, the empirical evaluation of th*****gs which is employed in the case of aesthetics is ***** employed in the ***** of judgment that is not subjected ***** the laws of experience. Aes*****tics are evaluated through subjective means and generate pleasure or its opposite, ***** morals can only be judged objectively as ***** apply to everyone. Aesthetics ***** conceived as an analysis ***** the faculty that is destined to the assessment of the feeling of pleasure ***** results from the harmony *****tween intellect and imagination related ***** a particular object. ***** ***** that t***** ***** of beauty does not bring anything new to the realm of knowledge, and only belongs to the subject who puts ***** the judgment, judgment itself being a bridge between ***** and