A cool new discussion the politics of disgust from Paul Bloom and David Pizarro.
The Mind Report
Paul Bloom (Yale University) and David Pizarro (Cornell University)
On The Mind Report, Paul talks to David about his recent TED talk about the politics of disgust. Paul asks David for a theory of why we connect repugnance and wrongness, and they argue about whether we pass moral judgment on a baby with a dirty diaper. Both Paul and David agree that disgust is not a good guide to morality. They next consider the dismissal of reason as a trend in academic psychology. Paul and David close by explaining how the lessons of social psychology can help with everyday life.
Recorded: Nov 21 Posted: Nov 24, 2012
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Links Mentioned
- David Pizarro's TED talk on disgust
- Paul Rozin and Jon Haight's disgust scale (need to register first)
- Richard Dawkins's documentary, "Sex, Death, and the Meaning of Life"
- Reason Magazine's interview with Martha Nussbaum
- Martha Nussbaum's book, "From Disgust to Humanity"
- "The Wisdom of Repugnance" by Leon Kass
- Joshua Greene's diavlog with Joshua Knobe
- Lee Jussim's book, "Social Perception and Social Reality"
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