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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Main Author: Fischer, Bob 198X- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V [2016]
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2016, Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 679-693
RelBib Classification:NCA Ethics
VA Philosophy
ZB Sociology
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B MORAL HEURISTICS
B Disgust
B Leon Kass
B social contagion
B Alexandra Plakias
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