How should we tackle financial and prosocial biases against unattractive people?. (22nd March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Minerva, Francesca
• Is Part Of: Behavioral and brain sciences. Volume 40(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-03-22
• Subjects: Psychophysiology -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Human behavior -- Periodicals; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Brain -- Periodicals; 616.89142
• DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X16000571
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-525X

Abstract

Abstract: The fact that attractive people benefit from their good looks is not bad per se. Rather, what is worrisome is the fact that unattractive people are discriminated against, and that such discrimination negatively affects many aspects of their lives. I focus on the moral implications of this discrimination and on the possible measures that could be taken to alleviate it.