Judges of Elegance and Taste Consider Themselves as Benefactors to the Human Race

Early nineteenth century philosopher jeremy bentham put it this way, judges of elegance and taste consider themselves as benefactors to the race. They are really only the interrupters of their pleasure. There is no taste which deserves the epithet good, unless it be the taste for such employments which, to the pleasure actually produced by them, conjoin some contingent or future utility. So there's critics who say, ah, that's no good, that's not good taste. Thisis is better taste. Snooty people, you know, snobs. Ah, they think they're doing the world a favor. I'm just paraphrasing. They think they're