Perfect Me: Beauty as an Ethical Ideal
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Perfect Me: Beauty as an Ethical Ideal
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Heather Widdows
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:368 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 156 |
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| Category/Genre | Philosophy - aesthetics
Ethics and moral philosophy
Social and political philosophy |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691197142
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| Classifications | Dewey:111.85 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
25 February 2020 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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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"
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