On_The_Standard_Of_Taste

On The Standard Of Taste On the standard of taste, David Hume describes an aesthetic judgment as not really a judgment at all, but a matter of sentiment upon the basis of being agreeable and/ or pleasurable. This sentiment is always real, and has a reference to nothing beyond its own self, so we are not making plain judgments about the quality of something (257). Taste is based on a feeling (sentiment), and a feeling is a personal response, therefore there is no objective beauty if taste is a matter of sentiment. Since beauty isn’t even a quality in things themselves, and sentiments give rise to different opinions, this leads us to a theory of aesthetic relativism; relativism in which we find that conscious activity, perceptions and influences are varied and individual. Since every one has their own opinion of what is good and what is bad, Hume directs his concerns in determining who is right based on the aspects of “taste”. Hume states that there must be a standard of taste in which an audience can adhere to. A rule by which the various sentiments of men may become reconciled would be the standard in virtue. taste, critic, standard, one, hume, good, art, judge, sense, rule, being, sentiment, must, aspects, aesthetic, works, true, something, sentiments, response, quality, own, nothing, judgment, impossible, different, work, wine, way, various, two, take, states, standards, should