We become cognizant of the value of good health when we suffer from a disease. We enjoy the natural beauty of rural surroundings when such surroundings are contrasted with the glittering commercialism of our crowded cities, and our esthetic appreciation may be dulled when the possibility of comparison is absent. For example, it is evident that those who dwell among surroundings of natural beauty are often incognizant of this fact and conduct their lives as if the natural beauty were not there, while strangers who come to the same region are sensitive to its esthetic endowments.
(William S. Kraemer, "Ethical Subjectivism and the Rational Good," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 12 [June 1952]: 526-36, at 532)
Note from KBJ: When I moved from suburban Detroit to Tucson in August 1983, I was stunned by the natural beauty of the Old Pueblo. I couldn't take my eyes off the Santa Catalina Mountains. Every day, I thanked my lucky stars for being able to live in such a scenic, historic place. Some of the people I met in Tucson had lived there all their lives. They took the natural beauty for granted and thought that I was odd for talking so much about it. How sad.
Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D. 
