![]() He bases his argument on the results of experiments in which the subjects were told a story-usually involving a taboo violation of some kind, such as incest-and then asked whether the story involved any moral breach or not. We intuitively condemn or praise an action, and then search for reasons to justify our intuitive reaction. He contends that our moral reasoning-the reasons we aver for our moral judgments-consists of mere post hoc rationalizations for our moral intuitions. Haidt begins with the roles of intuition and reasoning in making moral judgments. Not only is he attempting to explain why people are morally tribal, but also the way morality works in the human brain, the evolutionary origins of moral feelings, the role of moral psychology in the history of civilization, the origin and function of religion, and how we can apply all this information to the modern political situation-among much else along the way. ![]() Haidt covers far more territory than the subtitle of the book implies. I expected this book to be good, but I did not expect it to be so rich in ideas and dense with information. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt ![]() ![]() Summertime in Andalucía: Málaga and SurroundingsĢ023: New Year… on From Gold to Glory: A Slice of…Ģ023: New Year… on Summertime in Andalucía: Three…Ģ023: New Year… on Summertime in Andalucía: …Ģ023: New Year… on Summertime in Andalucía: Jerez….Summertime in Andalucía: Jerez and Cádiz. ![]()
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