Historical evidence—the aesthetic cultivation of Nazi audiences, for instance, as analyzed by Walter Benjamin—confirms that heightened aesthetic sensitivity is compatible with profound ethical failure.

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Aesthetic cultivation(describing how Nazi audiences were educated to appreciate art): The process of training and refining someone's taste, appreciation, and sensitivity to art, beauty, and cultural experiences.
Aesthetic sensitivity(as a quality that Benjamin's analysis showed could exist alongside ethical failure): The ability to recognize, appreciate, and respond deeply to beauty, art, and refined cultural experiences.
Compatible (in philosophy)(suggesting that good taste in art can coexist with terrible moral behavior): Able to exist or occur together without contradiction, even though they seem like they shouldn't go together.
Ethical failure(describing the profound moral wrongs of Nazi ideology and actions): A serious moral failure or the inability to act according to basic principles of right and wrong, compassion, and human dignity.

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