Yuck!: The Nature and Moral Significance of Disgust (Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology)

People can be disgusted by the concrete and by the abstract -- by an object they find physically repellent or by an ideology or value system they find morally abhorrent. Different things will disgust different people, depending on individual sensibilities or cultural backgrounds. In Yuck!, Daniel Kelly investigates the character and evolution of disgust, with an emphasis on understanding the role this emotion has come to play in our social and moral lives. Disgust has recently been riding a swell of scholarly attention, especially from those in the cognitive sciences and those in the humanities in the midst of the "affective turn." Kelly proposes a cognitive model that can accommodate what we now know about disgust. He offers a new account of the evolution of disgust that builds on the model and argues that expressions of disgust are part of a sophisticated but largely automatic signaling system that humans use to transmit information about what to avoid in the local environment. He shows that many of the puzzling features of moral repugnance tinged with disgust are by-products of the imperfect fit between a cognitive system that evolved to protect against poisons and parasites and the social and moral issues on which it has been brought to bear. Kelly's account of this emotion provides a powerful argument against invoking disgust in the service of moral justification.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Kelly, Daniel

Mental Health

Bradford Books

An exploration of the character and evolution of disgust and the role this emotion plays in our social and moral lives.
People can be disgusted by the concrete and by the abstract―by an object they find physically repellent or by an ideology or value system they find morally abhorrent. Different things will disgust different people, depending on individual sensibilities or cultural backgrounds. In Yuck!, Daniel Kelly investigates the character and evolution of disgust, with an emphasis on understanding the role this emotion has come to play in our social and moral lives.
Disgust has recently been riding a swell of scholarly attention, especially from those in the cognitive sciences and those in the humanities in the midst of the "affective turn." Kelly proposes a cognitive model that can accommodate what we now know about disgust. He offers a new account of the evolution of disgust that builds on the model and argues that expressions of disgust are part of a sophisticated but largely automatic signaling system that humans use to transmit information about what to avoid in the local environment. He shows that many of the puzzling features of moral repugnance tinged with disgust are by-products of the imperfect fit between a cognitive system that evolved to protect against poisons and parasites and the social and moral issues on which it has been brought to bear. Kelly's account of this emotion provides a powerful argument against invoking disgust in the service of moral justification.

Whatever It Takes: The True Story of a Fan Making It Into the NFL

The amazing and true story of a fan making it into the NFL…. The story begins on January 15, 1982, when the Washington Redskins were playing the hometown Minnesota Vikings on an old RCA television in the corner of his parents’ living room. It was love at first sight. The game captivated the young boy’s heart and his imagination. The years continued to go by and his passion continued growing. Then on his seventeenth birthday, he was given a book that forever changed his life. It was a book about scouting. This was it! This is what he wanted to be! He wanted to be an NFL scout! Despite the many obstacles he faced along the way, from the volatile house he grew up in to never fitting in, he never lost sight of his dream. He barely finished high school and soon after failed out of a small community college, but that did not matter to him. His dream was football…. More adversities kept coming at him, but no matter how trying the situations, he believed he could make it into the National Football League. Even when his life was on the brink of being shattered, he believed deep down he could make it. One day while working as a loan officer, he was sitting in a meeting and had this thought go through his mind, “What am I doing here?” Right then and there in the midst of that meeting, ideas began popping into his head and he began putting together a plan that would prove to cost him nearly everything, but he had to go for it. He just had to go for it. After seven months of working relentlessly on something that had never been done before, the call came and Daniel was hired by the New York Jets to work in Pro Scouting. Out of nowhere and against all the odds he found himself working on one of the best staffs in league history. Through the eyes of a fan, is an unprecedented look of what it’s like to work in the day-to-day operations of an NFL team and what it is like to be around many of the biggest names in the game. Woven in, is life itself. Whatever it Takes is beyond words; it’s an experience.

Whatever it Takes: The true story of a fan making it into the NFL

Biographies & Memoirs

Xlibris

The amazing and true story of a fan making it into the NFL…. The story begins on January 15, 1982, when the Washington Redskins were playing the hometown Minnesota Vikings on an old RCA television in the corner of his parents’ living room. It was love at first sight. The game captivated the young boy’s heart and his imagination. The years continued to go by and his passion continued growing. Then on his seventeenth birthday, he was given a book that forever changed his life. It was a book about scouting. This was it! This is what he wanted to be! He wanted to be an NFL scout! Despite the many obstacles he faced along the way, from the volatile house he grew up in to never fitting in, he never lost sight of his dream. He barely finished high school and soon after failed out of a small community college, but that did not matter to him. His dream was football…. More adversities kept coming at him, but no matter how trying the situations, he believed he could make it into the National Football League. Even when his life was on the brink of being shattered, he believed deep down he could make it.  One day while working as a loan officer, he was sitting in a meeting and had this thought go through his mind, “What am I doing here?” Right then and there in the midst of that meeting, ideas began popping into his head and he began putting together a plan that would prove to cost him nearly everything, but he had to go for it. He just had to go for it.  After seven months of working relentlessly on something that had never been done before, the call came and Daniel was hired by the New York Jets to work in Pro Scouting. Out of nowhere and against all the odds he found himself working on one of the best staffs in league history. Through the eyes of a fan, is an unprecedented look of what it’s like to work in the day-to-day operations of an NFL team and what it is like to be around many of the biggest names in the game. Woven in, is life itself. Whatever it Takes is beyond words; it’s an experience.

Understanding Sociology in Nursing

Provides students with insights into key contemporary debates and events to demonstrate the relevance of sociology and its practical application to modern nursing. This textbook helps student nurses make the leap from a narrow focus on the physical problems of their patients to a broader understanding of the whole person and the contexts of care which will help them succeed as compassionate nurses. Written directly for nurses, it focuses on the individuals and families in their care, the organisations they work in, and the factors which affect their practice. 
Key features include: <ul>
<li>Case studies and scenarios to help students relate sociology to real-life examples</li> <li>Reflection points to help students critically engage with the discussion</li> <li>Learning outcomes and chapter summaries for revision</li> <li>Definitions of key terms in each chapter</li> </ul>

Politics & Social Sciences

Allan, Helen

Smith, Pam

Traynor, Michael

Sociology

Sage Publications Ltd.

“A triumph . . . A moving, beautifully written biography” ―National Review
 From the beginning, L. Brent Bozell seemed destined for great things.
 An extraordinary orator, the young man with fiery red hair won a national debate competition in high school and later was elected president of Yale’s storied Political Union, where his debating partner was his close friend William F. Buckley Jr. In less than a decade after graduating from Yale, Bozell helped Buckley launch National Review, became a popular columnist and speaker, and, most famously, wrote Barry Goldwater’s landmark book The Conscience of a Conservative.
 But after setting his sights on high political office, Bozell took a different route in the 1960s. He abruptly moved his family to Spain; he founded a traditional Catholic magazine, Triumph, that quickly turned radical; he repudiated on religious grounds the U.S. Constitution; he made it his mission to transform America into a Catholic nation; he led the nation’s major antiabortion protest (featuring a militant group known as the Sons of Thunder); he severed ties with his erstwhile friends from the conservative movement, including Buckley (who was also his brother-in-law). By the mid-1970s, Bozell had fallen prey to bipolar disorder and alcoholism, leading life as if “manacled to a roller coaster,” as a friend put it.
 Biographer Daniel Kelly tells Bozell’s remarkable story vividly and with sensitivity in Living on Fire. To write this book, Kelly interviewed dozens of friends and family members and gained unprecedented access to Bozell’s private correspondence. The result is a richly textured portrait of a gifted, complex man―his triumphs as well as his struggles.
 Once destined for Capitol Hill, L. Brent Bozell wound up working in Washington soup kitchens just blocks away. Bringing mercy to the poor became his vocation―and, as Living on Fire shows, he succeeded admirably by the standards he came to embrace.

Living on Fire: The Life of L. Brent Bozell Jr.

History

Intercollegiate Studies Institute

The long siege of Troy, the battles fought over it, and the city's eventual capitulation and incineration are events which have often been retold since their first recitation by Homer. Seldom, however, will they have been narrated with such close attention to the minute particulars of battle, to its reek and terror and pain, as in this startling account by Daniel Kelly. Kelly looks minutely at every detail of archaic combat, as well as at the lives and feelings shaped by it. His Troy is not only a scene of shining glory, but also a grimy struggle for survival and mastery. And he introduces surprising questions: what if not everything in the Trojan war came to pass just as Homer tells us? What if the future of the Roman empire were hidden in the burning ashes of Troy's - and not in the way we might expect?

The Fall of the Phoenix

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Olympia Publishers

<h2>The Untold Secret to Optimizing Your Health and Fitness </h2> <h6> </h6> Do you suffer from brain fog and low energy? Are you less-than-motivated in the bedroom? Do you always seem to fight a losing battle with your diet and fitness? More importantly, do you want an answer? Health and fitness coach Daniel Kelly has it. Optimized Under 35: How to Boost Testosterone, Increase Your Sex Drive, and Achieve Incredible Health is his comprehensive guide on how to overcome these issues by balancing your testosterone. As a leading authority for men under 35 on testosterone replacement therapy, training, and mindset, he is well-qualified to talk about this subject. Something we are in dire need of. Today, more and more young men are becoming victims of low testosterone. This crippling condition can turn even the most confident men into hollow shells of their former selves. After suffering the despair of low testosterone himself at just 28 years old, Kelly recognized the need for a resource to help young men overcome low testosterone. The culmination of Kelly's first-hand experience undergoing testosterone replacement therapy himself, in addition to consultations with hundreds of young men, this book explains why testosterone is the life force of EVERY man and which steps they need to take to raise it. You'll also learn: <ul> <li> How the decline of masculinity has affected men and our society as a whole </li> <li> Why hormonal balance concerns you and what you can do about it </li> <li> How your lifestyle influences your testosterone levels and why this matters </li> <li> What endocrine disruptors are and where they're lurking </li> <li> Which supplements and therapy protocols actually benefit you (and which DON'T) </li> <li> How to find the right doctor to obtain a prescription for treatment </li> <li> How to achieve balance in your life </li> <li> How to reclaim your masculinity and fulfil your potential as a man </li> </ul> Does this sound like a lot of work? Maybe at first. But you'll soon find these steps are so rewarding, it won't feel like work at all. More importantly, can you really afford to wait to make these changes? This book is backed up by hard evidence, interviews with leading physicians, and questions answered by experts in the field of health and fitness. If you're a man aged 18-35 - this is book is a MUST HAVE. Don't wait. Buy this book NOW to transform your life, perform better and achieve the the health goals you've worked toward for years. You owe it to yourself to start today. Pick up your copy today by clicking the BUY NOW button at the top of this page!

Optimized Under 35: How to Boost Testosterone, Increase Your Sex Drive, and Achieve Incredible Health

Men's Health

Independently published

TROY HAS FALLENThe greatest city on earth has been reduced to a pile of smoldering ash, but the cost has been high. The fabled king Priam with the last remnant of the city, knowing all hope of survival is gone, sacrifice themselves in a last act of defiance to destroy the greek army.His once mighty army destroyed, his alliances in ruins. Agamemnon crawls for the safety of his fortress walls of Mycaenea well aware that enemies will smell blood in the water. But after ten years at war, who could you trust to keep your throne safe?Running for their very lives, the refugees of Troy search the sea's of the Mediterranean for refuge led by Aeneas. Somewhere they can survive, in the hope of one day bringing vengence to their home. Achilles had a son, whom some call Pyrrhus. Having missed the great war, he is determined to prove himself by hunting down the refugees. Odysseus, having helped them escape feels duty bound to find the refugees and warn them of their peril. What People are saying:Angus Watson (Author of Age of Iron Trilogy and West of West Trilogy):- "Kelly’s prose whisks you back three thousand years so you’re shoulder with bronze armoured shoulder with Achilles, Agamemnon and the rest of the gang.He’s taken the Iliad and the Odyssey, shaken them up, swung them around and delivered them back, fizzing with adventure. How about the bible next Mr Kelly? Kelly’s remixed Ancient World is a thrilling, page-turning joy."SJ Turney (Author of Marius mule's) :- "A fresh take on one of the oldest myths, action packed and thrilling"

A Hero's Welcome (Heroes of Troy)

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Yuck!: The Nature and Moral Significance of Disgust (Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology)

Yuck!: The Nature and Moral Significance of Disgust (Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology)

Whatever it Takes: The true story of a fan making it into the NFL

Whatever It Takes: The True Story of a Fan Making It Into the NFL

Understanding Sociology in Nursing

Understanding Sociology in Nursing

Living on Fire: The Life of L. Brent Bozell Jr.

The Fall of the Phoenix

Optimized Under 35: How to Boost Testosterone, Increase Your Sex Drive, and Achieve Incredible Health

A Hero's Welcome (Heroes of Troy)