Yuck! : the nature and moral significance of disgust / Daniel Kelly.

  • Kelly, Daniel R. (Daniel Ryan)
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[2011], ©2011
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, [2011], ©2011.

Physical description

x, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Notes

"A Bradford Book."

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Towards a functional theory of disgust -- Poisons and parasites: the entanglement thesis and the evolution of disgust -- Disgust's sentimental signaling system: expression, recognition and the transmission of cultural information -- Disgust and moral psychology: tribal instincts and the co-opt thesis -- Disgust and normative ethics: the irrelevance of repugnance and dangers of moralization.

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    History of Medicine
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  • 9780262015585
  • 0262015587