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2. The reason I find this blog post interesting is because it deals with the most fundamental issue
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 04:33 PM
Oct 2012

Even if you believe in "objectification" as a valid concept, in order to establish it as something that's actually ethically wrong, you have to answer the question of whether or not it's ethically wrong to value someone based on their physical appearance vs their mental ability. Many feminists simply assume this is ethically wrong without ever providing a proof for that assumed assertion.

If there is no proof that placing value on someone for their physical appearance is ethically wrong, then most of the arguments against "objectification" don't really amount to much.

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