Quotes by : Jonathan Haidt

Anyone who values truth should stop worshipping reason.

If you grow up in a WEIRD society, you become so well educated in the ethic of autonomy that you can....

The rider evolved to serve to the elephant.

Baumeister's point is that we have a deep need to understand violence and cruelty through what he calls....

If you want your children to grow up to be healthy and independent, you should hold them, hug them, cuddle....

Cultural change works orders of magnitude faster then genetic change. Stephen Jay Gould

Loyalty, respect for authority and some degree of sanctification create a more binding social order that....

You can see the rider serving the elephant when people are morally dumbfounded. They have strong gut....

Sacredness binds people together, and then blinds them to the arbitrariness of the practice.

Understanding the simple fact that morality differs around the world, and even within societies, is the....