A bad taste in the mouth but food for thought

Have you ever wondered at the rationale of such phrases as “my heart is broken”, “venting spleen”, “I don’t have the stomach for such repugnant behaviour” etc?

If so, this might pique your interest.

http://darwinianconservatism.blogspot.com/2009/02/yuck-factor-and-evolution-of-moral.html

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Now we have new research exploring the evolutionary and neurophysiological bases of moral disgust. The February 27th issue of Science has a research report by H. A. Chapman et al. entitled "In Bad Taste: Evidence for the Oral Origins of Moral Disgust" and a commentary by Paul Rozin et al. entitled "From Oral to Moral."

Here's the abstract for the Chapman article:

"In common parlance, moral transgressions 'leave a bad taste in the mouth.' This metaphor implies a link between moral disgust and more primitive forms of disgust related to toxicity and disease, yet convincing evidence for this relationship is still lacking. We tested directly the primitive oral origins of moral disgust by searching for similarity in the facial motor activity evoked by gustatory distaste (elicited by unpleasant tastes), basic disgust (elicited by photographs of contaminants), and moral disgust (elicited by unfair treatment in an economic game). We found that all three states evoked activation of the levator labii muscle region of the face, characteristic of an oral-nasal rejection response. These results suggest that immorality elicits the same disgust as disease vectors and bad tastes."
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How in hell can you take seriously any site that calls itself "Darwinian Conservatism" and starts off its editorial with "the left (??) has blah blah blah..."

If you're not left-wing, reverse the political stereotyping (i.e. Darwinian Liberals/the right has blah blah blah) and it still sounds like ridiculous political propaganda