After several years of researching [[disgust]], [[University of Virginia]] professor [[Jonathan Haidt]] and others studied its opposite, and the term "[[Elevation (psychology)|elevation]]" was coined. Elevation is a moral emotion and is pleasant. It involves a desire to act morally and do "good"; as an emotion it has a basis in biology, and can sometimes be characterized by a feeling of expansion in the chest or a tingling feeling on the skin. | After several years of researching [[disgust]], [[University of Virginia]] professor [[Jonathan Haidt]] and others studied its opposite, and the term "[[Elevation (psychology)|elevation]]" was coined. Elevation is a moral emotion and is pleasant. It involves a desire to act morally and do "good"; as an emotion it has a basis in biology, and can sometimes be characterized by a feeling of expansion in the chest or a tingling feeling on the skin. |