Kurt Gray on How to Bridge Moral Divides and Rebuild Trust | EP 591

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🗓️ 28 March 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Dr. Kurt Gray joins John R. Miles to discuss his book Outraged, the psychology of moral outrage, and how we can bridge divides in a polarized world.

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0:00.0	Coming up next on Passionstruck.
0:02.1	We have to contend with this idea that like within our tribes now, there's potentials for violence, potentials for harm.
0:08.3	And so we needed a moral sense, a psychological tool to ensure that others didn't harm us, to safeguard us from interpersonal harm.
0:17.6	And so that moral sense is just this kind of like moral conviction that those who perpetrate harm,
0:23.3	especially within our in-group, are immoral. And if someone does something bad, we get outraged at them
0:28.2	and we kick them out of the group or we punish them somehow. And so this kind of moral sense that we
0:33.0	have today still really has its roots back in our kind of evolutionary past where we first got into
0:38.4	groups and we were first confronted with other people and their capacity to harm us.
0:42.9	Welcome to Passionstruck. Hi, I'm your host, John R. Miles. And on the show, we decipher the
0:48.3	secrets, tips, and guidance of the world's most inspiring people and turned their wisdom into
0:54.0	practical advice for you and those around you.
0:57.2	Our mission is to help you unlock the power of intentionality so that you can become the best version of yourself.
1:04.6	If you're new to the show, I offer advice and answer listener questions on Fridays.
1:09.8	We have long-form interviews the rest of the week
1:12.3	with guests ranging from astronauts to authors, CEOs, creators, innovators, scientists,
1:19.3	military leaders, visionaries, and athletes. Now, let's go out there and become Passionstruck.
1:25.7	Hey, Passion Struck, welcome to episode 591 of the Passion
1:29.5	Strug podcast. Have you ever wondered why we seem to be morally outraged all the time, why even
1:35.0	small disagreements can spiral into division and conflict? What if the root of our polarization
1:40.4	wasn't just ideological, but deeply psychological. Today, we're exploring these urgent
1:46.4	questions with someone who has dedicated his life to decoding the moral mind, Dr. Kurt Gray.
1:52.8	Kurt is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of North Carolina
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