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Objection

Debra Lieberman, Carlton Patrick
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      Why do we consider incest wrong, even when it occurs between consenting adults unable to have children? Why are words that gross us out more likely to be deemed "obscene" and denied the protection of the First Amendment? In a world where a gruesome photograph can decisively influence a jury and homosexual behavior is still condemned by some as "unnatural," it is worth asking: is our legal system really governed by the power of reason? Or do we allow a primitive humanemotion, disgust, to guide us in our lawmaking?In Objection, psychologists Debra Lieberman and Carlton Patrick examine disgust and its impact on the legal system to show why the things that we find stomach-turning so often become the things that we render unlawful. Shedding light on the evolutionary and psychological origins of disgust, the authors reveal how ancient human intuitions about what is safe to eat or touch, or who would make an advantageous mate, have become co-opted by moral systems designed to condemn behavior andidentify groups of people ripe for marginalization. Over time these moral stances have made their way into legal codes, and disgust has thereby served as the impetus for laws against behaviors almost universally held to be "disgusting" (corpse desecration, bestiality) - and as the implicit justification for morecontroversial prohibitions (homosexuality, use of pornography). Written with a critical eye on current events, Lieberman and Patrick build a case for a more reasoned approach to lawmaking in a system that often confuses "gross" with "wrong."
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Debra Lieberman, Carlton Patrick EAN: 9780190491291 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 524 g HEIGHT: 239 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2018-08-16 CITY: GENRE: LAW / Ethics & Professional Responsibility, PSYCHOLOGY / Forensic Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology WIDTH: 163 cm SPINE:

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      Forensic science, Psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Criminal or forensic psychology, Psychology: emotions, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Law and society, sociology of law, Law as it applies to other professions and disciplines

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      Debra Lieberman is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Miami, where she is co-director of the Evolution and Human Behavior Laboratory. Dr. Lieberman is a leading researcher in the area of human cognition and behavior from an evolutionary perspective.Carlton Patrick, JD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Legal Studies at the University of Central Florida.
      Why do we consider incest wrong, even when it occurs between consenting adults unable to have children? Why are words that gross us out more likely to be deemed "obscene" and denied the protection of the First Amendment? In a world where a gruesome photograph can decisively influence a jury and homosexual behavior is still condemned by some as "unnatural," it is worth asking: is our legal system really governed by the power of reason? Or do we allow a primitive humanemotion, disgust, to guide us in our lawmaking?In Objection, psychologists Debra Lieberman and Carlton Patrick examine disgust and its impact on the legal system to show why the things that we find stomach-turning so often become the things that we render unlawful. Shedding light on the evolutionary and psychological origins of disgust, the authors reveal how ancient human intuitions about what is safe to eat or touch, or who would make an advantageous mate, have become co-opted by moral systems designed to condemn behavior andidentify groups of people ripe for marginalization. Over time these moral stances have made their way into legal codes, and disgust has thereby served as the impetus for laws against behaviors almost universally held to be "disgusting" (corpse desecration, bestiality) - and as the implicit justification for morecontroversial prohibitions (homosexuality, use of pornography). Written with a critical eye on current events, Lieberman and Patrick build a case for a more reasoned approach to lawmaking in a system that often confuses "gross" with "wrong."
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Debra Lieberman, Carlton Patrick EAN: 9780190491291 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 524 g HEIGHT: 239 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2018-08-16 CITY: GENRE: LAW / Ethics & Professional Responsibility, PSYCHOLOGY / Forensic Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology WIDTH: 163 cm SPINE:

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      Forensic science, Psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Criminal or forensic psychology, Psychology: emotions, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Law and society, sociology of law, Law as it applies to other professions and disciplines

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      Debra Lieberman is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Miami, where she is co-director of the Evolution and Human Behavior Laboratory. Dr. Lieberman is a leading researcher in the area of human cognition and behavior from an evolutionary perspective.Carlton Patrick, JD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Legal Studies at the University of Central Florida.

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