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https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.56433
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
2020-05
42 pages
eng
Garland, Sabrina Michelle
de Alcantara, Christiane Fontinha
Fette, Donald
Economics Program in CLAS
Department of Economics
School of International Letters and Cultures
Dean, W.P. Carey School of Business
Barrett, The Honors College
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Humans are intrigued, drawn to, inspired by beautiful things. Various philosophers and<br/>social commentators have contributed to this essential inquiry: what is Beauty? And<br/>furthermore, are there objective patterns within what different people consider beautiful? I will<br/>explore this through both the lenses of physical beauty and character beauty. In faces, there is the study of physical attractiveness - is it evolutionary, personal preference, or something more universal?<br/><br/>By using the four concepts of judgement of beauty laid out by Kant, supplemented with psychological research on humans' attractiveness ratings of faces, we will be able to get closer to the idea of a truly beautiful face. This face, striking in nature, is not simply attractive, but more. It is a face that is, using Kant's framework, disinterested, universal, purposive without purpose, and necessary.
Beauty
Kant
Grotesque
Attractiveness
The Beautiful Face