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Perfect Me: Beauty as an Ethical Ideal

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Perfect Me: Beauty as an Ethical Ideal
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Heather Widdows
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:368
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 156
Category/GenrePhilosophy - aesthetics
Ethics and moral philosophy
Social and political philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9780691197142
ClassificationsDewey:111.85
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 25 February 2020
Publication Country United States

Description

How looking beautiful has become a moral imperative in today's world The demand to be beautiful is increasingly important in today's visual and virtual culture. Rightly or wrongly, being perfect has become an ethical ideal to live by, and according to which we judge ourselves a success or failure. Perfect Me explores the changing nature of the b

Author Biography

Heather Widdows is the John Ferguson Professor of Global Ethics in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham. Her books include Global Ethics, The Connected Self, and The Moral Vision of Iris Murdoch. Twitter @ProfWiddows

Reviews

"One of The Atlantic's Best Books of 2018"