About this episode

This episode explores the psychology behind moral outrage and how to engage in better conversations with those we disagree with.

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: Presenter/producer: Sana Qadar Senior producer: James Bullen Producer: Rose Kerr Sound engineer: Roi Huberman 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…

People in this episode

Host: Sana Qadar

Guest: Dr Kurt Gray

Topics covered

• moral outrage
• morality
• psychology
• politics
• communication
• disagreement

Keywords

• moral outrage
• psychology
• morality
• politics
• communication
• disagreement
• Dr Kurt Gray

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Deepest Beliefs Lab, Center for the Science of Moral Understanding

Books & works: Outraged: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground

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