The mess and lack of quality reflected in people's choices, clothing, eating and drinking habits, perceptions of time and space—in short, in their lifestyles—can never be considered simply a matter of taste. We believe this situation is fundamentally a problem of reasoning, but it can also be seen as a dysfunction or lack of aesthetic perception that develops over time. This dysfunction or lack must be addressed alongside people's identity crisis. Global consumer culture (we could also call it postmodern culture), which has become more influential in society with the introduction of mobile phones and social media, has taken over people's choices and, consequently, their identities. People, and therefore society, are deprived of their identities through a will they believe to be their own, without any external intervention. All the while, they feel utterly free.
In this book, we have attempted to view the problem of "reasoning" from a philosophical perspective as synonymous with the problem of "aesthetic perception." This is because the capacity to use reason is reflected in daily life as an aesthetic level (level of taste). For something to be logically correct, conscientiously good, and rationally appropriate also requires it to be inherently beautiful. While these may appear to be separate entities, they must fundamentally be intertwined.
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