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Kurt Gray Explores the Psychology of Outrage

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News Commentary, News, Politics

4.2 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

What is outrage, and what triggers it in us? When someone violates our moral sense, we might bristle with rage or thirst for retribution but UNC psychology professor Kurt Gray wants us to understand that the other side is also motivated by moral convictions, even if they don’t make sense to us right away. We talk to Gray about how understanding the psychology of moral conflicts can help us better manage them. His new book is “Outraged: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground.” Guests: Kurt Gray, social psychologist and professor of psychology and neuroscience, University of North Carolina; director, Deepest Beliefs Lab and the Center for the Science of Moral Understanding Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From KQED. From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Mina Kim. Coming up on forum, what triggers outrage in us?

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When someone violates our moral sense, we might bristle with rage or thirst for retribution.

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But UNC psychology and neuroscience professor Kurt Gray says we should keep in mind the

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other side is also motivated by moral convictions, even if they don't make sense to us at first.

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We talked to Gray about how understanding the psychology of moral conflicts can help us better manage them.

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His new book is outraged, why we fight about morality and politics and how to find common ground.

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Join us.

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Welcome to Forum.

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I'm Mina Kim.

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Moral outrage is something you may be feeling a lot of these days. And this intense

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