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

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Author: Jonathan Haidt

Paperback:
Publisher: Vintage Books / Random House
ISBN 10: 0307455777
ISBN 13: 978-0307455772

Hardcover:
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN 10: 0307377903
ISBN 13: 978-0307377906

This well-researched examination of human moral impulses will appeal to liberals and conservatives alike following the 2016 presidential campaign and election. As America descends deeper into polarization and paralysis, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt has done the seemingly impossiblechallenged conventional thinking about morality, politics, and religion in a way that speaks to everyone on the political spectrum. Drawing on his twenty five years of groundbreaking research on moral psychology, he shows how moral judgments arise not from reason but from gut feelings. He shows why liberals, conservatives, and libertarians have such different intuitions about right and wrong, and he shows why each side is actually right about many of its central concerns. In this subtle yet accessible book, Haidt gives you the key to understanding the miracle of human cooperation, as well as the curse of our eternal divisions and conflicts. If youre ready to trade in anger for understanding, read The Righteous Mind .