A key observation has been the recognition that disgust and love are reciprocal processes. Disgust is the primary process erecting boundaries between the self and the world. Love is a secondary process that allows others access to the “territory of the self.” This access is physical (allowing kinds of physical touch, intimacy, or proximity), social (creating intimate webs of friends and family), behavioral (allowing people inside one’s moral circle and granting them special claims on our time, effort, and resources), and emotional (granting access to warmth and acceptance within our hearts and
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