You mentioned that you'd an interest in disgust. You mention there the notion of debunking. I'm curious about that. This is something that got me interested in metaethical theories and moral psychology back in the day. Itis kind of like a pragmatic angle to this, and a policy intervention kind of angle to it. So i do think that disgust is even more than being irrelevant, antithetical to the kinds of moral features that at least i would like to see.
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I was raised in the tradition of believing that everyone is of equal moral worth. But when I scrutinise my daily practices, I don’t think I can honestly say that I act as if everyone is of equal moral worth. The idea that some people belong within the circle of moral concern and some do not is central to many moral systems. But what affects the dynamics of the moral circle? How does it contract and expand? Can it expand indefinitely? In this episode I discuss these questions with Joshua Rottman. Josh is an associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Program in Scientific and Philosophical Studies of Mind at Franklin and Marshall College. His research is situated at the intersection of cognitive development and moral psychology, and he primarily focuses on studying the factors that lead certain entities and objects to be attributed with (or stripped of) moral concern.
