When disgust is potent, we cannot rely on reasoning to give us respect.
Gays/Lesbians depicted as weirdos/animals
‘Torture’ also elicits indignation, which is a more constructive feeling towards righting the wrong of torture (concede that disgust happens to be right on this one)
That is wrong and it better not happen again
But maybe indignation may be argued to already be ‘getting too close’ - dignifying the abhorrent act with the status of “an act that is wrong” - maybe rejecting uncritically is the proper treatment?
“We won’t look at that at all” is evasion of moral confrontation.
Both have cognitive content and are falliable
Disgust’s validity limited to primary objects - which actually do pose a danger.
Juries to whom a murder is described in a more gory way are more likely to be harsher, even though this doesn’t always track how bad the homicide was / whether it was premeditated