Aesthetic judgment and the moral image of the world

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In the second essay, Henrich analyzes the interrelations between Kant's aesthetics and his cognitive theories, concluding that though Kant has opened up an important and fruitful avenue of questioning, the problems he addresses are not yet resolved. Henrich is convinced that "even after two hundred years it remains promising to pursue such a ?Kantian? program." The third essay argues that the justification of the claim that human rights are universally valid requires reference to a moral image of the world. To employ Kant's notion of a moral image of the world without ignoring the insights and experiences of this century requires, to be sure, drastic changes in the content of such an image, but Henrich explains, at least in part, what its content might be for our time