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Oxford University Press, USA
Objection: Disgust, Morality, and the Law
Objection: Disgust, Morality, and the Law
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Why do we consider incest wrong, even when it occurs between consenting adults unable to have children? Why are words that gross us out more likely to be deemed obscene and denied the protection of the First Amendment? In a world where a gruesome photograph can decisively influence a jury
and homosexual behavior is still condemned by some as unnatural, it is worth asking: is our legal system really governed by the power of reason? Or do we allow a primitive human emotion, disgust, to guide us in our lawmaking? In Objection, psychologists Debra Lieberman and Carlton Patrick examine disgust and its impact on the legal system to show why the things that we find stomach-turning so often become the things that we render unlawful. Shedding light on the evolutionary and psychological origins of disgust, the
authors reveal how ancient human intuitions about what is safe to eat or touch, or who would make an advantageous mate, have become co-opted by moral systems designed to condemn behavior and identify groups of people ripe for marginalization. Over time these moral stances have made their way into
legal codes, and disgust has thereby served as the impetus for laws against behaviors almost universally held to be disgusting (corpse desecration, bestiality) - and as the implicit justification for more controversial prohibitions (homosexuality, use of pornography). Written with a critical eye
on current events, Lieberman and Patrick build a case for a more reasoned approach to lawmaking in a system that often confuses gross with wrong.
Author: Debra Lieberman, Carlton Patrick
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 08/02/2018
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780190491291
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2018 pg. 203
and homosexual behavior is still condemned by some as unnatural, it is worth asking: is our legal system really governed by the power of reason? Or do we allow a primitive human emotion, disgust, to guide us in our lawmaking? In Objection, psychologists Debra Lieberman and Carlton Patrick examine disgust and its impact on the legal system to show why the things that we find stomach-turning so often become the things that we render unlawful. Shedding light on the evolutionary and psychological origins of disgust, the
authors reveal how ancient human intuitions about what is safe to eat or touch, or who would make an advantageous mate, have become co-opted by moral systems designed to condemn behavior and identify groups of people ripe for marginalization. Over time these moral stances have made their way into
legal codes, and disgust has thereby served as the impetus for laws against behaviors almost universally held to be disgusting (corpse desecration, bestiality) - and as the implicit justification for more controversial prohibitions (homosexuality, use of pornography). Written with a critical eye
on current events, Lieberman and Patrick build a case for a more reasoned approach to lawmaking in a system that often confuses gross with wrong.
Author: Debra Lieberman, Carlton Patrick
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 08/02/2018
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780190491291
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2018 pg. 203
About the Author
Debra Lieberman is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Miami, where she is co-director of the Evolution and Human Behavior Laboratory. Dr. Lieberman is a leading researcher in the area of human cognition and behavior from an evolutionary perspective.
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