Thick and Perceptual Moral Beauty

Australasian Journal of Philosophy:1-18 (2022)
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Abstract

Which traits are beautiful? And is their beauty perceptual? It is argued that moral virtues are partly beautiful to the extent that they tend to give rise to a certain emotion— ecstasy—and that compassion tends to be more beautiful than fair-mindedness because it tends to give rise to this emotion to a greater extent. It is then argued, on the basis that emotions are best thought of as a special, evaluative, kind of perception, that this argument suggests that moral virtues are partly beautiful to the extent that they tend to give rise to a certain kind of evaluative perceptual experience.

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Ryan P. Doran
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On Virtue Ethics.Rosalind Hursthouse - 1999 - Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Emotions, Values, and Agency.Christine Tappolet - 2016 - Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Emotions, Value, and Agency.Christine Tappolet - 2016 - Oxford: Oxford University Press UK.

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