Our moral judgments are sometimes guided by the feeling of disgust. When we hear about incest, for example, we know that it’s “just wrong.” This is in part because we feel grossed out by it. Disgust, ...

Every person has both utilitarian (consequentialist) and Kantian (duty- or rule-based) moral intuitions, which are activated in different situations in different ways. The field of Moral Psychology ...

WE SHOULD really care about disgust. Not only does it protect us from coming into contact with possibly dangerous substances, such as rotting meat, but it is also central to understanding our moral ...

With a War-of-the-Worlds-proportion panic washing over the country, many are wondering what the next few months will look like in terms of basic daily life. As a disgust researcher, I have been ...

For psychologists who study it, disgust is one of the primal emotions that define — and explain — humanity.Credit...Maisie Cousins for The New York Times The Great Read For psychologists who study it, ...