Disgust as Heuristic
Suppose that disgust can provide evidence of moral wrongdoing. What account of disgust might make sense of this? A recent and promising theory is the social contagion view, proposed by Alexandra Plakias. After criticizing both its descriptive and normative claims, I draw two conclusions. First, we s...
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Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2016, Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 679-693 |
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B Disgust B Leon Kass B social contagion B Alexandra Plakias |
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