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What's the difference between traumatic fear and moral anger? Trigger warnings won't tell you

  • Written by Nick Haslam, Professor of Psychology, University of Melbourne
imageTo Humpty Dumpty, words mean whatever he wants them to mean.Pixabay, CC BY-SA

The debate over so-called “trigger warnings” continues to simmer, boiling over in the media every month or so. These warnings – statements alerting students, and other members of the public, if writing, video or other materials contain confronting images...

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