Yuck! : the nature and moral significance of disgust / Daniel Kelly.

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, [2011], ©2011.

x, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

"A Bradford Book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Towards a functional theory of disgust -- Poisons and parasites: the entanglement thesis and the evolution of disgust -- Disgust's sentimental signaling system: expression, recognition and the transmission of cultural information -- Disgust and moral psychology: tribal instincts and the co-opt thesis -- Disgust and normative ethics: the irrelevance of repugnance and dangers of moralization.