Kant, Genius, and Communicability

According to Kant, Genius consists in both an ability to discover an apt image for an Idea, as well as an animating power that makes a Symbol universally communicable. However, in order to achieve Beauty, Genius must be complemented by Taste, and, in the case of a conflict between the two, the latter has priority. Now, Taste, as he defines it, is the ability to judge whether or not an artistic production is universally communicable. But, that ability is already a part of Genius. So, Taste would seem to be a superfluous principle in Kant's System, perhaps analogous to the intrusive 'Socratic' principle in Nietzsche's analysis of Tragedy. Also, insofar as Beauty is the Symbol of Morality for Kant, the priority of Taste over Genius has its analogue in the standard reading of his Moral Principle. 'Act only that maxim that you can at the same time will to be a universal law' could be interpreted as the inspirational exhortation to 'Act in an exemplary manner', i. e. because 'will to be a universal law' can be seen as a more precise formulation of 'set an example'. However, Kant reads it as the prohibitory 'Do not act in a contradictory way', which implicitly accords priority to judgement over action. Such precedence encourages the Utilitarian interpetation of Kant's Moral theory, and compromises the power of Philosophy to inspire.