People are treated differently as a result of their looks. But when
is appearance discrimination, or "lookism" as it is often called,
morally objectionable? This issue is important for at least two
reasons. First, the benefits that flow to people who are regarded
as visually attractive are sizeable and are enjoyed in a number of
contexts, including employment, personal relationships, education,
politics, and the criminal justice system. Second, appearance
discrimination is of moral interest not only in its own right, but
also in terms of its connection to other forms of discrimination.
Appearance norms, that is, norms concerning how we should look,
often place greater burdens on disadvantaged groups. As a result,
discrimination on the basis of appearance, when it rewards people
who conform to these norms, may involve, or interact with, the
effects of, wrongful discrimination on the basis of features other
than appearance, in a way that aggravates existing injustices.
What's Wrong with Lookism? examines the morality of appearance
discrimination in three contexts: employment decisions; the choice
of friends or romantic partners; and the everyday practice of
judging and commenting upon people's looks. Andrew Mason develops a
pluralist theory of what makes discrimination wrong that identifies
three wrong-making features, namely, disrespect, deliberative
unfairness, and contributing to unjust consequences, and
demonstrates how the presence of one or more of these features in
each of these contexts problematises the lookism that takes place
in it.
General
| Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
New Topics in Applied Philosophy |
| Release date: |
July 2023 |
| Authors: |
Andrew Mason
(Professor)
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| Dimensions: |
223 x 146 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
| Pages: |
256 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-285979-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-19-285979-X |
| Barcode: |
9780192859792 |
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