David Pizarro is Professor of Psychology at Cornell University. While he teaches and publicly discusses a wide variety of material in the discipline, his primary research interest is in moral judgment. In this episode, Robinson and David discuss some of the conceptual underpinnings of moral psychology before turning to the research on praise, blame, social cognition, and the relationship between disgust and political affiliation. David is also the co-host of two podcasts, Very Bad Wizards with Tamler Sommers and Psych with Paul Bloom.
David’s Website: http://peezer.net
David’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/peez
Very Bad Wizards: https://verybadwizards.fireside.fm
Psych: https://psych.fireside.fm
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00:00 In This Episode…
00:39 Introduction
02:52 David’s Interest in Moral Psychology
06:42 Morality, Judgment, and Intuition in Psychology
30:40 Did Psychology Advance Too Fast
33:44 The Psychology of Praise and Blame
56:26 Why Do We Blame Objects and Robots?
01:10:09 Ostracism, Loneliness, and the Human Condition
01:14:27 The Psychology of Disgust
01:32:26 Disgust and Moral Judgement
01:40:10 Disgust Sensitivity and Political Affiliation
Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com
Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between.