Moral Beauty, Inside and Out
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Publication Date
2021-04-03Journal Title
Australasian Journal of Philosophy
ISSN
0004-8402
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Volume
99
Issue
2
Pages
396-414
Type
Article
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Doran, R. (2021). Moral Beauty, Inside and Out. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 99 (2), 396-414. https://doi.org/10.1080/00048402.2020.1778757
Abstract
In this article, robust evidence is provided showing that an individual’s moral character can contribute to the aesthetic quality of their appearance, as well as being beautiful or ugly itself. It is argued that this evidence supports two main conclusions. First, moral beauty and ugliness reside on the inside, and beauty and ugliness are not perception-dependent as a result; and, second, aesthetic perception is affected by moral information, and thus moral beauty and ugliness are on the outside as well.
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00048402.2020.1778757
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/335050
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Licence URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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