Perpetrator Disgust: An Enquiry into the Relationship between Body, Emotion and Morality
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- Ph.d. 2016 Munch-Jurisic
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Some soldiers experience strong emotional
outbursts and bodily discomfort
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such as disgust,
dizziness, fainting, nausea, vomiting and crying
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in the moment of committing or witnessing
atrocities. This
dissertation delivers a systematic examination of this complex phenomenon
that
I call “perpetrator disgust”.
The central point of dispute is the moral significance of perpetrator disgust. Does the
perpetrator’s bodily response indicate a subliminal awareness
of the moral wrong of the act?
I argue that perpetrator disgust can in some cases reflect a moral conflict, but warn against
conflating it with a committed moral judgment.
Original language | English |
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Publisher | Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Københavns Universitet |
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Number of pages | 208 |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
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