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There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 October 2023
Abstract
Fitouchi et al. persuasively argue against popular disgust-based accounts of puritanical morality. However, they do not consider alternative account of moral condemnation that is also based on the psychology of disgust. We argue that these other disgust-based accounts are more promising than those dismissed in the target article.
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Target article
Moral disciplining: The cognitive and evolutionary foundations of puritanical morality
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Author response
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