This ability of art to influence the individual in an ethical way has been criticized greatly by in
modern times often in response to over zealous censorship and constraint. The prevailing defense is
summarized by the thought 'art for arts sake'. Proponents of the sole aesthetic judgment argue that
art should not be judged, by what they view as secondary side effects but rather solely on the
aesthetic value. This is not to say that every work must be viewed independent off all other works in
fact the work should be considered completely within the frame of previous works and not just to
dismiss other consequences of the art. To complete this notion an artwork must therefore be
identified as an aesthetic object and the quality of it judged as an aesthetic object. But then what is
an aesthetic object? Perhaps it is a way of viewing an object were all the other considerations are
dismissed bar the aesthetic. Though this would seem to be an impossible task it would be wrong to
dismiss the idea based on practicality, but then maybe the significant point is that nothing can be
truly separated from its context or practicality.