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Politics, war, abortion, gun control — why do some topics make us so outraged?
One theory is that our preoccupation with preventing harm is to blame.
So today, we examine how humans developed morality, why we differ in what we consider right and wrong, and how that drives us to moral outrage.
And after all of that, we'll find out how to have better conversations with people you disagree with (even if you're feeling outraged).
If you want to hear more about that, check out The skills supercommunicators use, which you can learn too.
This episode first aired in January 2025.
Guest:
Dr Kurt GrayProfessor in Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillDirector, Deepest Beliefs Lab and the Center for the Science of Moral UnderstandingAuthor, Outraged: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground
Credits:
More information:
Lethal Mass Partisanship: Prevalence, Correlates, & Electoral Contingencies
The transcript for this episode can be found on its original webpage.
You can catch up on more episodes of the All in the Mind podcast with journalist and presenter Sana Qadar, exploring the psychology of topics like stress, memory, communication and relationships on ABC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Politics, war, abortion, gun control — why do some topics make us so outraged?
One theory is that our preoccupation with preventing harm is to blame.
So today, we examine how humans developed morality, why we differ in what we consider right and wrong, and how that drives us to moral outrage.
And after all of that, we'll find out how to have better conversations with people you disagree with (even if you're feeling outraged).
If you want to hear more about that, check out The skills supercommunicators use, which you can learn too.
This episode first aired in January 2025.
Guest:
Dr Kurt GrayProfessor in Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillDirector, Deepest Beliefs Lab and the Center for the Science of Moral UnderstandingAuthor, Outraged: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground
Credits:
More information:
Lethal Mass Partisanship: Prevalence, Correlates, & Electoral Contingencies
The transcript for this episode can be found on its original webpage.
You can catch up on more episodes of the All in the Mind podcast with journalist and presenter Sana Qadar, exploring the psychology of topics like stress, memory, communication and relationships on ABC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts.

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