Open AccessOn Disgust and Moral Judgments: A Review
Author(s) -
Cristina-Elena Ivan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of european psychology students
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2222-6931
DOI - 10.5334/jeps.cq
Subject(s) - disgust , psychology , anger , moral disengagement , cognition , moral reasoning , social intuitionism , social psychology , cognitive psychology , social cognitive theory of morality , moral psychology , neuroscience
While there is a continuing debate on whether cognitive or emotional mechanisms underlie moral judgments, recent studies have illustrated that emotions—particularly disgust—play a prominent role in moral reasoning. This review explores the role of disgust in moral judgments. I distinguish between three relevant claims regarding its involvement in moral cognition and argue that the least appealing (i.e., disgust is just anger in disguise) is also the one with the least empirical support
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