I’m talking about germaphobia/mysophobia.

  • Frater Mus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    Do you mean vs contamination vs purity that “99% pure” is considered as good

    A moral/social judgement that The Other (out-group) is dirty, filthy, unclean, disease-ridden, gross, etc. Haidt suggests that is a distinction that aligns with a particular political leaning. It rings true to me (having been both in and out of that political group).

    Haidt uses some novel examples in the book that make it worth the read for that if nothing else.