Paul Rozin

Paul Rosin agrees. The core of disgust is almost certainly originally derived from a system to avoid pathogens, which are usually part of animal food, not plant food. And that's what led to his interest in disgust. What got me interested is that meat is the most favored food of humans that also causes the most tabooed food.

Paul Rosin agrees. The core of disgust is almost certainly originally derived from a system to avoid pathogens, which are usually part of animal food, not plant food. And that's what led to his interest in disgust. What got me interested is that meat is the most favored food of humans that also causes the most tabooed food.

So I got curious why we should have such a strong negative emotion about a food that is highly nutritious and highly favored. Can you quickly define disgust for me? Disgust was originally defined as a rejection or offense at the oral incorporation of an offensive substance. We added to that definition the fact that that substance is usually contaminating.

So I got curious why we should have such a strong negative emotion about a food that is highly nutritious and highly favored. Can you quickly define disgust for me? Disgust was originally defined as a rejection or offense at the oral incorporation of an offensive substance. We added to that definition the fact that that substance is usually contaminating.

So I got curious why we should have such a strong negative emotion about a food that is highly nutritious and highly favored. Can you quickly define disgust for me? Disgust was originally defined as a rejection or offense at the oral incorporation of an offensive substance. We added to that definition the fact that that substance is usually contaminating.

That is, if it touches a otherwise desired food, it renders it inedible. So when a cockroach touches your sundae, that's the end of the sundae.

That is, if it touches a otherwise desired food, it renders it inedible. So when a cockroach touches your sundae, that's the end of the sundae.

That is, if it touches a otherwise desired food, it renders it inedible. So when a cockroach touches your sundae, that's the end of the sundae.

There are actually two disgust faces. One of them is a jaw drop, sometimes with the tongue sticking out, which is an oral rejection and maybe a closing of the nostrils. Okay. There's another one, which is primarily raising of the upper lip. And that overlaps a little with the anger expression.

There are actually two disgust faces. One of them is a jaw drop, sometimes with the tongue sticking out, which is an oral rejection and maybe a closing of the nostrils. Okay. There's another one, which is primarily raising of the upper lip. And that overlaps a little with the anger expression.

There are actually two disgust faces. One of them is a jaw drop, sometimes with the tongue sticking out, which is an oral rejection and maybe a closing of the nostrils. Okay. There's another one, which is primarily raising of the upper lip. And that overlaps a little with the anger expression.

That area is not as well-defined, and so there's a big discussion now in moral psychology of the extent to which disgust is really a moral emotion.

That area is not as well-defined, and so there's a big discussion now in moral psychology of the extent to which disgust is really a moral emotion.

That area is not as well-defined, and so there's a big discussion now in moral psychology of the extent to which disgust is really a moral emotion.

Well, that's the big issue, whether it's metaphorical use of disgust or it's actual disgust. And one critical issue there is whether the same brain area is involved, for which there is some evidence, and also whether some of the other features of disgust, even a little sense of nausea, is involved.

Well, that's the big issue, whether it's metaphorical use of disgust or it's actual disgust. And one critical issue there is whether the same brain area is involved, for which there is some evidence, and also whether some of the other features of disgust, even a little sense of nausea, is involved.

Well, that's the big issue, whether it's metaphorical use of disgust or it's actual disgust. And one critical issue there is whether the same brain area is involved, for which there is some evidence, and also whether some of the other features of disgust, even a little sense of nausea, is involved.

It does seem that when moral violations are called disgusting, they often have a bodily component to them, like an axe murderer, not a bank robber.

It does seem that when moral violations are called disgusting, they often have a bodily component to them, like an axe murderer, not a bank robber.

It does seem that when moral violations are called disgusting, they often have a bodily component to them, like an axe murderer, not a bank robber.