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Shweder expanded the CAD Triad Hypothesis by linking the three moral codes to three moral emotions.

He proposed that anger connects to autonomy, contempt connects to community, and disgust connects to divinity.

Moral psychologists acknowledge contempt, anger, and disgust as three logical pillars of moral emotion because they are often experienced in daily life.

All three moral emotions involve condemnation of others, yet they illustrate very diverse ideas within the realm of moralization.

Anger has always been viewed as a nonmoral emotion.

When ones autonomy is broken, a natural human reaction is to get angry.

Anger is linked to acts such as insults, transgressions, and the violation of rights against the self.

We experience the feeling of disgust when people act without dignity or dignity is taken away unwillingly from others.

Dignity encompasses the purity of the body, which includes maintaining control of all bodily functions such as sex, eating, and hygiene.

Actions taken that somehow contaminate the body with regards to bodily functions are considered immoral and humans reaction with disgust.

Research has shown that people who feel physical disgust towards an image or action will also feel an equal amount of moral disgust.

This term is known as “ moral hypervigilance ”