I think aesthetics is really undervalued in its importance in both ethics and rationality. We like to imagine that our sense of beautiful is distinct from what we judge as good and/or true, but I think that is a self-delusion.
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Replying to @danlistensto
i've been saying it all reduces to aesthetic judgments since fuckin' forever and people just stare at me and want to know how i can base an ethical system on paintings
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Replying to @chaosprime @danlistensto
This only works if we agree that both aesthetics and ethics are largely in the domain of local culture, yeah?
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Replying to @chaosprime @danlistensto
because both polka and dowrys are pleasing to large swaths of the planet.
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Replying to @pieratt @danlistensto
this is where i invoke Chesterton’s Fence i think
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Replying to @chaosprime @danlistensto
is this to say, at their root or within their full historical context, polka/dowry are beautiful for the same reasons that ~classical indian music~ is beautiful?
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not really. more like, before you call it ugly, try to understand the choices and principles underlying it and their aesthetic values. if you happen to have read Breakfast of Champions, the conversation about Rabo Karabekian's painting is metaphorically illustrative
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