Perfect Me: Beauty as an Ethical Ideal
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Perfect Me: Beauty as an Ethical Ideal
By (Author) Heather Widdows
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
5th May 2020
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Ethics and moral philosophy
Social and political philosophy
Gender studies, gender groups
111.85
Physical Properties
Paperback
360
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
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
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"One of The Atlantic's Best Books of 2018"
Author Bio
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
