Saturday, December 3, 2011

The philosophy of laziness

I often wonder to myself what the moral principles behind laziness are. Just a moment ago, I was sitting on a bench waiting for the elevator, and as I waited, the bench and I became one. I couldn't get up except with the extreme motivation to hurry up and be on time. I often wonder to myself if we all undergo moral struggles in our head relating to the lack of physical movement for the enjoyment of rest. I personally weigh the situations in my head, but never come to a true conclusion until I realize I have to scrap what I'm thinking and just get up. But I want to hear from you all; is there some philosophical explanation for the laziness we all experience?

Response to Jacob Wheeler

Carlson's theory of appreciation seems to be one that does, more relatively, relate to our appreciation of nature, not art, although it could be loosely translated and applied to art as well. In any situation, it's difficult to truly define the aesthetic appreciation of nature, because the aesthetic appreciation must be applied only to artistically intriguing things, and much of nature does not qualify as "Art." Much like Tolstoy, Carlson spends a great deal of his work denying other commonplace theories and then denying the extent to which even his theory is credible. However, I argue that his theory is distinct from the definition of art because it describes in careful detailed ways on how we must view the nature and how we must objectify in order to truly appreciate it's art-like qualities. The truth of this may not be determinable, but the organization is certainly intact.

What should an aesthetic theory truly define?