In my paper I will ask myself (§§ 4-6): why are we forced to rethink the notions – “beauty”, “goodness”, “aesthetics”, “ethics” – in ways that conform, on one side, to the artistic experiences and emblematic behaviours of human beings, and, on the other side, in connection with the way the things of the world we live in appear and develop? Is there beauty and goodness in things, and is it produced by things as well? How can it be understood in the technological contexts we live in? Secondly, and particularly (§ 7), I will ask myself: how can such technological activity be defined as either “beautiful” or “good”? And above all who is called to do that, from the perspective of the now essential transformation of such traditional disciplines as aesthetics and ethics? And based on what criteria can one do that?
Aesthetics and Ethics in Technological Environments
Fabris Adriano
2022-01-01
Abstract
In my paper I will ask myself (§§ 4-6): why are we forced to rethink the notions – “beauty”, “goodness”, “aesthetics”, “ethics” – in ways that conform, on one side, to the artistic experiences and emblematic behaviours of human beings, and, on the other side, in connection with the way the things of the world we live in appear and develop? Is there beauty and goodness in things, and is it produced by things as well? How can it be understood in the technological contexts we live in? Secondly, and particularly (§ 7), I will ask myself: how can such technological activity be defined as either “beautiful” or “good”? And above all who is called to do that, from the perspective of the now essential transformation of such traditional disciplines as aesthetics and ethics? And based on what criteria can one do that?I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
