PHIL 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Lawren Harris, Clive Bell, Picturesque

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 2070
• Professor: Karen Houle

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The underlying question you yourselves have to grab hold of: He(cid:396)e, esp. i(cid:374) moo(cid:396)e, (cid:449)e see that (cid:862)a(cid:374) ethic does(cid:374)(cid:859)t just (cid:272)o(cid:374)sist i(cid:374) (cid:373)o(cid:396)al (cid:448)alues like (cid:272)o(cid:373)passio(cid:374), justi(cid:272)e, fai(cid:396)(cid:374)ess, (cid:271)e(cid:374)efi(cid:272)e(cid:374)(cid:272)e it (cid:272)a(cid:374) i(cid:374)(cid:272)lude (cid:271)eaut(cid:455), ha(cid:396)(cid:373)o(cid:374)(cid:455), to(cid:374)e : possible answers: yes, maybe, no. You have to decide what your position is. What is the appropriate way to treat the natural world. There might be a wrong and right way of perceiving natural beauty: there are perceptual capacities that we have to cultivate. What is the right way to perceive natural beauty and the right way of responding to what we perceive. Ye : co(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:396)ete e(cid:448)ide(cid:374)(cid:272)e fo(cid:396)(cid:373) p(cid:396)ese(cid:396)(cid:448)atio(cid:374) effo(cid:396)ts i(cid:374) no(cid:396)th a(cid:373)e(cid:396)i(cid:272)a (cid:894)ed(cid:449)a(cid:396)d mu(cid:455)(cid:271)(cid:396)idge, (cid:862)falls of the yose(cid:373)ite, (cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:1011)(cid:1006)(cid:863)(cid:895): the (cid:271)ig pa(cid:396)ks happe(cid:374)ed, a(cid:374)d still happe(cid:374) (cid:448)ia the le(cid:374)s of a (cid:272)a(cid:373)e(cid:396)a, the e(cid:455)e sho(cid:449)i(cid:374)g that to othe(cid:396) fa(cid:396) a(cid:449)a(cid:455) . The traditional ways that we have come to see nature are detrimental.