 Kant’s views on music follow from an account of beauty that must be briefly reconstructed. Kant contrasts the beautiful, which aspires to universality, with the agreeable, which is subjective and idiosyncratic. According to Kant, when we ascribe beauty to objects we are making judgments of taste. These are subjective judgments, and include a feeling of pleasure. In this sense, judgments of taste are quite like judgments of agreeableness. The beautiful, however, is different from the agreeable in that it requires disinterested pleasure (interessenloses Wohlgefallen), that is, pleasure that does not presuppose the existence of its object. For example, I may find beautiful an imagined tune or painting, but I can’t find a refreshing drink agreeable if I merely think about it (Kant 1790: §2).