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SUMMARY:New Voices Winter Term 22/23 Talk Series  on Women and their body: Maria Borges
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: In this presentation\, I aim at analyzing the importance of beauty for contemporary women. I begin by showing some traditional views in the history of Philosophy\, such as Kant´s conception that “woman is beautiful while man is sublime”. I claim that beauty is still considered one of the main assets for women\, not only in the “dating scene” but also in the pursue of a carrier. I show the criticism of beauty practices in the feminist literature. I then argue that in the XXI century\, beauty is not only a natural asset but became a duty. From the 20th century on\, we see aesthetic procedures becoming popularized\, that can be enjoyed by an increasing number of women. Liposuction\, Botox\, breast prosthesis implants\, dental bleaching\, modification of the capillary structure are becoming increasingly common and accessible.If\, on the one hand\, this indicates greater autonomy in relation to the construction of the desired body\, on the other hand\, being beautiful becomes a duty. Beauty ceases to depend on the natural lottery and becomes a moral duty. Failure to fulfill this duty will be punished more harshly than if ugliness were simply given by nature. Whoever is ugly\, is by her own decision\, or by weakness of will\, by akrasia\, a term well known in ethics since Aristotle. For this reason\, ugliness is so much more critical and unforgivable. Among the ugliness\, one of the most obnoxious features is being fat. In a world that values productivity\, speed\, and movement\, being fat appears as the great sin of contemporaneity. Fat still has an association with two traditional sins: laziness and gluttony. At the end I argue whether beauty is always oppressive\, or we could reconceptualize the concept of beauty in order to create a new inclusive idea that incorporates a plurality of bodies. \nBiography: Maria Borges is Full Professor of Philosophy at the University of Santa Catarina (Brazil) She was Visiting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania (USA)\, Humboldt Universität (Germany) and Columbia University (USA). She is researcher of the CNPq/Brazil. She is the author of the books Body and Justice (Cambridge Scholars Publishing) and Emotion\, Reason\, and Action in Kant (Bloomsbury\, 2019)\, and  the following books in Portuguese: História e Metafísica em Hegel/ History and Metaphysics in Hegel ( 1998)\, Amor/ Love (2004)\, Atualidade de Hegel/ Actuality of Hegel (2008)\, co-author of O que você precisa saber sobre Ética/ All you should know about Ethics (2003). She co-edited Kant: Liberdade e Natureza/ Kant: Freedom and Nature (2005)\, and Filosofia: Machismo e Feminismo/ Philosophy: Sexism and Feminism (EdUFSC\, 2014). Her philosophical interests are Kantian ethics\, theory of emotions and feminist philosophy. \nThis online talk will be held on Zoom. I hope many of you will be able to join us for an interesting talk and a friendly and engaged discussion!  Please register (no registration fees) here: contact@historyofwomenphilosophers.org \nIf you already have registered for the previous talk\, you do not have to register again. The Zoom link will be the same. \n 
URL:https://historyofwomenphilosophers.org/event/new-voices-winter-term-talk-series-22-23-on-women-and-their-body-maria-borges/
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