GEOLOGY 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: In-Group Favoritism, Classical Logic, Internalization
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A bad taste in the mouth: gustatory disgust influences moral judgement (eskine) Results: taste perception significantly affected moral judgements, such as physical disgust. Tested: effects of taste perception on moral judgements elicited feelings of moral disgust. Effect was more pronounced when participants are politically conservative rather than liberally. 18th century, hume: suggestion moral judgements are based on emotions rather than on pure reasoning. People assess something as morally wrong when it elicits physical disgust. Some morality researchers have argued that emotions serve as the foundation for moral development and moral judgement. Participants who experienced threats to their moral purity have an increased need for physical cleansing. Participants exposed to strong and mild stink conditions made harsher judgements on a variety of moral vignettes. Dirty desks can ease the recall of disgusting experiences. Similar facial motor activity occurred in response to disgust in the gustatory, visual and moral domains.
