Embodied and embedded morality: Divinity, identity, and disgust

Zygon

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 219-235

  Looy, Heather ^a  

^a KING S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disgust; Emotions; Human nature; Interdisciplinary; Morality; Natural moral law; Neurobiology; Psychology; Theology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249938471     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2004.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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