[Helping people is beautiful: an inquiry into the aesthetic consciousness of the helping profession].
This article addresses the helping profession as an art. The author uses an art philosophy perspective to review the phenomenon and meaning of the helping profession as "art" and addresses several questions. These questions include: What category or categories of art best define the helping profession? Can the process and / or results of helping be appreciated as works of art? What is the value of treating the helping profession as an art form? The purpose of this article is to expand knowledge regarding the aesthetic nature of the helping profession.
Department of Social Work, Soochow University, Taiwan, ROC. shane@scu.edu.tw.
Shane
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Wang
D003243:Consciousness; D004954:Esthetics; D006281:Health Occupations; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans
aesthetic consciousness; aesthetics; the art of helping