Piękny czy dobry? Moralny wymiar upiększania ciała
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2015
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Uniwersytet im. A. Mickiewicza w Poznaniu Wydział Nauk Społecznych, Instytut Filozofii UAM
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Beautiful or Good? The Moral Dimension of Body Beautifying
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The main purpose of the article is to point outsome relations
between beauty and good in contemporary reality. The main question
that arises here is as follows: is the relationship of beauty
and moral good still relevant? The concept presented in the thesis
refers to the ancient idea of kalokagathia. It stated that beauty
is inseparable from moral good.
As far as this ancient perspective is concerned, it can be treated
as the background for contemporary considerations about the
main issue of beauty and good. The article refers to the concept
of aestheticization by Wolfgang Welsch. He defines aesthetics as
the primary guiding value, where as experience and entertainment
have become the guidelines for contemporary culture. Moreover,
the thesis mentions the concept of the consumer society and new
ethics of the relation to the body as it is described by Jean Budrillard.
Then the narration of the article focuses on the following
problem: in what sense can we talk nowadays about moral motivation
for beauty treatments of body? One assumption leads to the
case of looking after one’s body. Another point of view mentions
the need of harmony which manifests itself in beautiful body.
Eventually, the central question emerges whether contemporary
practice of beautifying the body can be a part of the concept of the
good life or not.
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beauty, good, body beautifying, kalokagathia, cosmetics, morality
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Filozofia Publiczna i Edukacja Demokratyczna, 2015, Tom 4, Nr 1, pp. 131-144.
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2299-1875