Introduction Chapter One Aesthetic Contemplatien and Morafity Ⅰ. Between James and Pater's Idea of Being Ⅱ. Being and Moral Collapse Ⅲ. Being and Freedom Ⅳ. Being and the Higher Morality Chapter Two Artistic Creation and Morality Ⅰ. The Conflict between Artistic Creation and Morality Ⅱ. Art Reduced to Literary Cliches and Egoism Ⅲ. Art Reduced to Social Conventions and Tyranny Ⅳ. Art as the Revelation of Value and Morality Chapter Three Detachment in Art and Its Moral Significance. Ⅰ. Aesthetic Detachment and Morality Ⅱ. Artistic Detachment and Morality Conclusion Works Cited