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Episode 41 - Disgust
This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J discuss the role of disgust in morality. Neuroscience suggests that feelings of disgust underlie many moral judgments, especially in the treatment of sexuality. Conservatives have long defended disgust as a source of moral intuition, while liberals seek to minimize it. Can we suppress disgust? Should we?
Show Notes:
Hiding from Humanity: Disgust, Shame, and the Law by Martha Nussbaum
“The Wisdom of Repugnance,” by Leon Kass
The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
“Daedalus, or, Science and the Future,” JBS Haldane
What We Are Seeking…
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