Episode 118: Do We Have a Purity Problem? (with David Pizarro)

Two Psychologists Four Beers by Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett

Apr 1, 20251:12:53Science & Medicine

Arguably, the last 25 years of moral psychology have been about people's judgments of "purity violations"--ostensibly harmless acts that "are disgusting or degrading to one’s spiritual nature." From sex with (dead) chick...

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