Single Idea 18541

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value]

Full Idea

The status of beauty as an ultimate value is questionable, in the way that the status of truth and goodness are not.

Gist of Idea

Beauty (unlike truth and goodness) is questionable as an ultimate value

Source

Roger Scruton (Beauty: a very short introduction [2011], 1)

Book Reference

Scruton,Roger: 'Beauty: A Very Short Introduction' [OUP 2011], p.3


A Reaction

We suspect that a love of beauty may be a bit parochial, where it is hard to conceive of living creatures anywhere in the cosmos who don't value the other two.