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Moral judgments linked to physical disgust, study suggests

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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:34 pm Post subject: Moral judgments linked to physical disgust, study suggests

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Moral disgust in the face of unfair treatment and primitive disgust in reaction to a poison or disease may be more closely linked than we believe, say Canadian researchers.

University of Toronto investigators suggest people literally turn up their noses in response to both moral and primitive disgust.

"Morality is often pointed to as the pinnacle of human evolution and development," Hanah Chapman, a graduate psychology student and lead author of the study, said in a release.

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