The existential pitfalls of aesthetic (over)sensitivity
The existential pitfalls of aesthetic (over)sensitivity

Summary/Abstract: In the following paper, I argue that a positive aesthetic experience does not make a person morally sensitive. Nor does it make him/her morally oversensitive. In the world of strong aesthetic values even the ugliest evil can be aesthetically attractive. People are doomed to live in a world of values. It is worth remembering that they live in this world even if they base themselves solely on aesthetic values. People cannot live without values, and they may find them in the world of aesthetics, though in the long run aesthetic values pay only lip service to ethical values.

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