The Righteous Mind Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our moral judgments and explains why politics and religion are so divisive. Drawing on twenty-five years of groundbreaking research, Haidt shows that moral judgments arise not from reason, but from gut feelings. He maps out the 'moral foundations' that underlie different political ideologies, explaining why liberals, conservatives, and libertarians often talk past each other. The book is structured around three main principles: intuitions come first and strategic reasoning second; there is more to morality than just harm and fairness; and morality binds and blinds, functioning like a 'groupish' glue that allows humans to form large societies while simultaneously making us blind to the perspectives of those in other groups.

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