Monday, November 19, 2007

what is beauty?

First of all, I want to say I am sorry that I haven't wrote my blog entries for the last couple of weeks. I have been busy with schoolwork, since it is close to the semester,but I managed to get my work done in time. That is a good thing. On the 13th of November, you gave us an assignment to work in class. It was something about the goal of life and we had to make a thesis about aesthetics, ethics, and metaphysics. My thesis for each one is not very good and you said it is a working thesis. I was wondering if you had a chance to check them yet, so you can help me to improve my thesises. There is a question on ethics that I do not understand. How does the goal of life relate to morally upright behavior, or morally upright behavior to the goal of life? What do you mean by morally upright behavior. I do not understand what it means. Can you explain what it means, so I can have a better understanding of it. I apperiticate that.
Last week's class, we sort of talked about beauty. We brainstorm some ideas about what is beauty. We said it was the shape, care and effort that is linked to will, nature, appealing apperances, assocation that is linked to bond, and emotions. After we brainstormed these ideas, we has a conclusion about what is beauty. Subjectively, it means "in the eye of the beholder". Beauty to me is something that has an attractive feature. It could be people, plants, the colors of a painting, and so on. What does "beauty" mean? That I do not know because I have no answer to that question, but I will learn more about what it means in class. (I hope.)

1 comment:

M E Achtermann said...

Well, I'm sorry I haven't kept up with comments on your blog, so I guess we're even.

Morally upright behavior: actions good to do, the right things to do.

Presumably, the goal of life would be in part to do the right things, to perform good actions. Now, the question then further becomes, "What ARE the right things, the good things, the correct actions, to do?" People have different answers, but this doesn't mean that they are all correct, nor that there is no one correct answer.