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    Challenges→The work of art plays a central role in conveying a more acute sense of ethical responsibility.

    If aesthetic response is categorically distinct from moral reasoning, art cannot reliably serve as a conduit for ethical responsibility without collapsing the autonomy of the aesthetic.

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    Categorically distinct(The statement claims semantic mechanisms of different paradoxes are categorically distinct)
    Fundamentally different in type or category, not just different in degree.
    Collapsing(as used in logical argumentation)
    In philosophy, this means showing that two things we thought were different are actually the same or equally valid.
    Conduit(as used in this argument about rights)
    A channel or pipe through which something flows—when used metaphorically, it means a person who just passes something along without agency or importance of their own.
    Moral reasoning(implied in the statement's discussion of how moral judgments work)
    The process of thinking through whether an action is right or wrong by considering different reasons and circumstances.
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    (Lessing's aesthetics, drawing on Mendelssohn's theoretical tools)
    A response based on the free play of mental powers stimulated by an object, particularly a work of art
    autonomy of the aesthetic(in aesthetics and philosophy of art)
    The idea that art should be independent and judged on its own terms, separate from moral or practical purposes.
    ethical responsibility(in ethics)
    The duty or obligation to act in morally right ways and be accountable for the consequences of your actions.

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