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Steven Cresap

Is Lookism Unjust?: The Ethics of Aesthetics and Public Policy Implications

Journal of Libertarian Studies

Author: Louis Tietje Steven Cresap

Online Publish Date: July 30, 2014

Category: Subjectivism, Health, Media and Culture

Lookism is prejudice toward people because of their appearance. It has been receiving increasing attention, and it is becoming an important equal-opportunity issue. People we find attractive are given preferential treatment and people we find unattractive are denied opportunities. Volume 19, Number 2 (2005) Tietje, Louis., and Steven Cresap. “Is

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