Tort In Daniel Kelly's Research

Daniels Kelly’s research demonstrates that people can be disgusted by anything that is presented to them whether it is abstract or concrete. It can be an object or it can be something they find physically repellent. In Daniel Kelly’s book, we see how the role of disgust takes place in our lives, both moral and social lives. Research that Kelly presents will guide us to see how disgust influences morality. To begin with, Kelly proposes if disgust should or should not be involved in morality by his two views of disgust advocacy and disgust skepticism. Philosopher Kelly argues for disgust skepticism but against disgust advocates. That will follow to an explanation of Kelly’s own account of the nature of disgust as the E&C view. Further on, I will analyze how Kelly uses his E&C view to discredit disgust advocates. To conclude, I will explain how an advocate might react towards Kelly’s skepticism.
Disgust skepticism & disgust advocates:
Disgust skepticism is a view that “at best disgust should be discounted in reflection and moral deliberation, and at worst is a powerful instrument of oppression that should be regarded with outright suspicion” (Kelly ch.5). This suggests that advocates many times hold an
The nature of disgust guards us against the implications that someday we are going to die. Disgust helps us avoid the maladaptive realities such as, terror, fear, anxiety and potential paralysis. According to the Terror Management Theory, the primary object of disgust is our bodies. What does this mean? Our emotions are a source of conflict that allows us to hide from terror and from who we really are, as in humanity. In in this view, when people appear to have these feelings and feel anxious toward groups of people, social practices and activities are the base of why they associate with