"There are two separate political arguments. One is the claim that beautiful things distract us from injustice, and therefore sabotage our ability to dedicate our energies to increasing the overall well-being of the world. The other is that when we look at a beautiful object, whether a person, or a flower, we actually damage the object by turning it into a mere object that we feel superior to."
This article prompts the question, "What is beauty?". It means different things to diffferent people. Since we can't right the wrongs of the world, we look to beauty, do what we can, and move on, concentrating on the good in the world.
If referring to the "beautiful person", how fortunate they are , for they are treated differently than the rest simply because of how they look. How shallow and an injustice in itself. If refering to the simple pleasures in life, they make life worth living. Life becomes tolerable amongst the evil and injustice in the world, to create a sense of balance and justice in our lives. Looking at the beautiful in the world doesn't do damage. If it did, everything we stared at would be damaged.
I tend to agree with what John Keats, the poet, states in "Ode to a Grecian Urn", "beauty is truth, truth beauty.
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