{"id":41022,"date":"2026-11-11T19:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T01:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?page_id=41022"},"modified":"2026-11-11T19:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T01:36:10","slug":"what-is-moral-beauty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?page_id=41022","title":{"rendered":"What is \u2018moral beauty\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Moral beauty is the beauty we recognize in human goodness. We see it in acts of love, kindness, courage, compassion, honesty, loyalty and self-sacrifice. It\u2019s the kind of beauty that can move us deeply when we encounter it in another person \u2014 and sometimes inspire us to become better ourselves.<\/p>\n

But moral beauty isn\u2019t simply something to recognize or admire. It\u2019s something we have to choose in the way we live, in our relationships, in how we treat others and in what we\u2019re willing to sacrifice for the things that matter most.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve spent years writing about what\u2019s wrong with our dysfunctional culture. I haven\u2019t changed my mind about those things, but I\u2019m increasingly interested in something more important: how we can choose to live differently, regardless of what the culture around us encourages or rewards.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t have a formula for living a morally beautiful life. I\u2019m still trying to figure out how to make those choices myself. But I believe that choosing what is beautiful and good matters far more than endlessly fighting what\u2019s wrong with the world.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what I mean when I talk about choosing moral beauty in a broken culture.<\/p>\n

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