Moral Psychology of Disgust

Nina Strohminger is Assistant Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics at the The Wharton School,The University of Pennsylvania. Victor Kumar is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Boston University.

• 1. Introduction: Disgust, an emotion of many faces, Nina Strohminger and Victor Kumar / Part I: The origins of moral disgust / 2. Evaluating accounts of moral disgust through an evolutionary lens, Joshua Tybur, Catherine Molho and Daniel Balliet / 3. Disgust, manners and morality, Valerie Curtis / 4. The Social Origins of Disgust, Joshua Rottman, Jasmine DeJesus, and Emily Gerdin / 5. Why and How Disgust Permeates Law, Carlton Patrick and Debra Lieberman / Part II: How moral disgust works / 6. Guilty minds and gross acts, Alek Chakroff and Liane Young / 7. The moral consequences of disgust in the context of sexual assault, Laura Niemi / 8. Why the weird seems impure: Threat compensation and moral disgust, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Eleanor Hanna / 9. Is moral disgust a form of disgust?, David Pizarro / Part III: The philosophy and ethics of moral disgust / 10. Disgust and Public Policy, Yoel Inbar / 11. Gross Violations, Carol Hay / 12. The Moral and Political Limits of Disgust, Joshua May / 13. Projectivis

In recent years there has been an upsurge of interest in emotions and their role in our moral life. This volume is an outstanding exemplar of how research on this topic is best done. Its strongly interdisciplinary approach with its focus on one of the most alluring of moral emotions – moral disgust – makes it a must-read for philosophers and psychologists alike.