You Disgust Me. Or Do You? On the Very Idea of Moral Disgust

Australasian Journal of Philosophy 99 (1):19-33 (2021)
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ABSTRACT It has been argued that so-called moral disgust is either not really moral or not really disgust. I maintain that sceptics are wrong: there is a distinct emotional response best described as ‘moral disgust’. I offer an account of its constitutive features.

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