The Psychology of Outrage w/ Dr. Kurt Gray

Why people seem so divided today and why everyone seems to be filled with outrage for the other side.

Today it’s great to have Dr. Kurt Gray on the podcast. Dr. Gray is a psychology professor at the University of North Carolina and author of the new book “Outraged: Why We Fight about Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground.”

Wow, what a timely book! In this episode we discuss why people seem so divided today and why everyone seems to be filled with outrage for the other side. We also discuss the psychology of righteous indignation, and Dr. Gray’s views on moral psychology and how deep down we all have the same "harm-based moral mind." We also discuss how we can bridge moral divides.

I’m a long-time admirer of Kurt’s seminal research on morality and his theory of “moral typecasting”, where we treat victims as angels and perpetrators as pure evil. I learned a lot from this discussion and I’m sure you will too.

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