Got a little side tracked (but not really) on our discussion of the demonization of play and the exaltation of labor, but most morality is rooted in disgust so good, evil, disgusting, compelling, you get it. Next week I will wrap this three part Schauer Thought and hopefully your perspective shifts and pores clear out.

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Resources:

Aurel Kolnai on Disgust: https://philarchive.org/archive/KORVVA#:~:text=Disgust%20is%20a%20powerful%2C%20visceral,casts%20doubt%20upon%20their%20validity 

What the Thalamus Does: (super cool)

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/22652-thalamus 

Proust Was a Neuroscientist - Jonah Lehrer

• Chapter 3 is on the Essence of Taste (& Smell)

The Connections Between Smell, Memory, and Health

https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/connections-between-smell-memory-and-health 

What the Nose Knows

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/02/how-scent-emotion-and-memory-are-intertwined-and-exploited/#:~:text=Odors%20take%20a%20direct%20route%20to%20the,the%20regions%20related%20to%20emotion%20and%20memory.&text=During%20the%20talk%20she%20explained%20that%20smell,of%20around%2010%20when%20sight%20takes%20over. 

My research on the politics of smell divided the internet - here’s what it’s actually about 

https://theconversation.com/my-research-on-the-politics-of-smell-divided-the-internet-heres-what-its-actually-about-245899 

Maggots and morals: 

https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1160&context=book_chapters#:~:text=In%20physical%20disgust%2C%20we%20kill,response%20of%20oral%2Dnasal%20rejection. 

If there are any resources I forgot please let me know and I’ll let you know ASAP.

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