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Ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'Artistic Value and Opportunistic Moralism' and 'De Re Aedificatoria'

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21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 4. Beauty

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The beautiful is that from which nothing can be subtracted and to which nothing can be added [Alberti]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

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The works we value most are in sympathy with our own moral views [John,E]

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We should understand what is morally important in a story, without having to endorse it [John,E]

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We value morality in art because that is what we care about - but it is a contingent fact [John,E]

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A work can be morally and artistically excellent, despite rejecting moral truth [John,E]