in his aesthetic philosophy, kant denies any standard of a good taste, which would be the taste of the majority or any social group. for kant, as discussed in his book titled the "critique of judgment", beauty is not a property of any object, but an aesthetic judgement based on a subjective feeling. he claims that a genuine good taste does exist, though it could not be empirically identified. good taste cannot be found in any standards or generalizations, and the validity of a judgement is not the general view of the majority or some specific social group. taste is both personal and beyond reasoning, and therefore disputing over matters of taste never reaches any universality. kant stresses that our preferences, even on generally liked things, do not justify our judgements.