The relationship between beauty and moral character from "summary" of The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis
In the experience of the beautiful we may conclude that the object is not only admirable, but worthy of admiration. We do not merely say that it pleases us, but that it is pleasing. We are not merely expressing our own subjective state of mind; we are making a claim about the object itself. Our experience of beauty points beyond itself to a standard of value that exists independently of our own preferences. Similarly, our perception of the moral quality of a person's character is not merely a matter of personal opinion or cultural conditioning. We recognize that certain actions are truly good or truly evil, regardless of our individual perspectives. Just as with beauty, our moral judgments imply an objective standard of value that transcends any particular i...
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