Yuck!: The Nature and Moral Significance of Disgust

by Daniel Kelly and Daniel Kelly

Book Overview

An exploration of the character and evolution of disgust and the role this emotion plays in our social and moral lives.

People can be disgusted by the concrete and by the abstract--by an object they find physically repellent or by an ideology or value system they find morally abhorrent. Different things will disgust different people, depending on individual sensibilities or cultural backgrounds. In Yuck , Daniel Kelly investigates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262518554
• ISBN13: 9780262518550
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Bradford Book
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher