Folk beliefs about the relationships anger and disgust have with moral disapproval.

Publisher: Routledge Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 8710375 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1464-0600 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 02699931 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Cogn Emot Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: 2013- : London : Routledge
Original Publication: Hove, UK ; Hillsdale, USA : L. Erlbaum Associates, [c1987-

Anger* ; Culture* ; Disgust* ; Judgment* ; Morals* ; Sadness*; Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Young Adult

Theories that view emotions as being related in some way to moral judgments suggest that condemning moral emotions should, at a minimum, be understood by laypeople to coincide with judgments of moral disapproval. Seven studies (total  N  = 826) tested the extent to which anger and disgust align with this criterion. We observed that while anger is understood to be strongly related to moral disapproval of people's actions and character, disgust is not (Studies 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, and 3), and that, in contexts where disgust expressions are thought to coincide somewhat with moral disapproval, part of the reason is that the expression is perceived as anger (Study 4). Expressions of sadness are also construed as communicating anger in such contexts (Study 5). We discuss our findings in terms of rethinking how we should consider disgust as a moral emotion.

Keywords: Anger; disgust; emotions; expressions; moral judgment

Date Created: 20190417 Date Completed: 20210122 Latest Revision: 20210122

20250114

10.1080/02699931.2019.1605977

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