Jonathan Haidt
Jonathan Haidt
Jonathan David Haidtis a social psychologist and Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business. His academic specialization is the psychology of morality and the moral emotions. Haidt is the author of two books: The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdomand The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion, which became a New York Times bestseller. He was named one of the "top global thinkers" by Foreign Policy magazine, and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth19 October 1963
CountryUnited States of America
Trying to run Congress without human relationships is like trying to run a car without motor oil. Should we be surprised when the whole thing freezes up?
If our goal is to understand the world, to seek a deeper understanding of the world, our general lack of moral diversity here is going to make it harder. Because when people all share values, when people all share morals, they become a team.
The human mind is a story processor, not a logic processor.
Morality binds and blinds.
Anyone who values truth should stop worshipping reason.
The rider evolved to serve to the elephant.
Our moral sense really evolved to bind groups together into teams that can cooperate in order to compete with other teams.
Most of our social nature is like that of other primates - we're mostly out for ourselves.
Let me say it diplomatically: Most religions are tribal to some degree.
If you have high IQ, you're really good at finding post-hoc arguments to support your feelings of truthiness.
Economic issues are just as much moral issues as social issues.
Congress is full of good, decent, smart people who have devoted their lives to public service.
Anytime we're interacting with someone, we're judging them, we're sharing expectations, we think they didn't live up to those expectations.
Liberals are my friends, my colleagues, my social world.