Shaftesbury, Rousseau, and Kant : an introduction to the conflict between aesthetic and moral values in modern thought
Attempts to gain some historical perspective on the diverse modern conflicts between the moral and the aesthetic by examining the role of each in three major and widely influential thinkers of the 18th century: Shaftesbury, Rousseau, and Kant. Also examined are the traditions, which, in turn, influenced the philosophers both positively and negatively.