{"id":522,"date":"2010-12-18T17:02:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-18T17:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/?p=522"},"modified":"2010-12-18T17:02:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-18T17:02:00","slug":"the-moral-character-of-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/?p=522","title":{"rendered":"The moral character of beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"

A question asked by RevSimmy in the comments: “the equation of the aesthetic and the moral – i.e. beautiful art\/music has a moral effect. Do we agree? Why (\/not)?”<\/p>\n

I would say: yes, I have no doubt that beauty has an effect on character, partly from watching this programm<\/a>e recently (and I’ve purchased the book<\/a>, but haven’t read it yet).<\/p>\n

Of course, this is a complicated proposal. I happen to think that the Weeping Woman of Picasso<\/a> is also tremendously beneficial to character – but I’m not sure I would count it as beautiful, even though I could (and have) spent ages contemplating it.<\/p>\n

I feel on stronger ground when thinking about architecture – I think the living environment affects how we live, both directly and indirectly.<\/p>\n

And of course music….<\/p>\n

What do people think?<\/p>\n

Scruton’s programme is available on Youtube, part 1 here:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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