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It is not the case that If natural beauty genuinely served as evidence for practical reason's hopes, aesthetic experience would reinforce self-interest rather than transcend it.
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Aesthetic awe often produces moral conviction contrary to immediate self-interest, suggesting transcendence rather than reinforcement.
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Nature's beauty motivates costly conservation efforts that benefit distant species and future generations, not the contemplator.
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Self-interest and transcendence aren't mutually exclusive; experiencing beauty beyond utility may itself be what practical reason hopes for.
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Aesthetic pleasure from nature triggers dopamine responses that enhance survival prospects, making beauty fundamentally self-interested.
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If beauty transcended self-interest, we'd expect equal aesthetic responses to barren and fertile landscapes, but we don't.
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Practical reason evolved to promote individual flourishing; aesthetic experience serves this function, not some higher purpose.
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