From Kantianism to aesthetic hedonism: aesthetic pleasure revised

Abstract

No matter how unintuitive it might seem that aesthetic pleasure should be the point where art and morality meet (in terms of philosophical structure and import), this is a noteworthy possibility that has been overshadowed by aestheticians’ more visible concerns. Here I briefly survey relevant strands in the literature over the past century, before introducing themes covered in this inaugural issue of Australasian Philosophical Review.