The Aesthetic Value of the World

by Tom Cochrane

In The Aesthetic Value of the World, Tom Cochrane defends Aestheticism, the claim that everything is aesthetically valuable and that a life lived in pursuit of aesthetic value can be a particularly good one. Furthermore, in distilling aesthetic qualities, artists have a special role to play in teaching us to recognize values; a critical component of virtue. Cochrane grounds his account upon an analysis of aesthetic value as 'objectified final value',...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019284881X
• ISBN13: 9780192848819
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"