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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jonathan Haidt |
| ISBN: | 9780307377906 0307377903 9781846141812 1846141818 9780307455772 0307455777 |
| OCLC Number: | 713188806 |
| Description: | xvii, 419 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents: | Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second. Where does morality come from? ; The intuitive dog and its rational tail ; Elephants rule ; Vote for me (here's why) -- There's more to morality than harm and fairness. Beyond WEIRD morality ; Taste buds of the righteous mind ; The moral foundations of politics ; The conservative advantage -- Morality binds and blinds. Why are we so groupish? ; The hive switch ; Religion is a team sport ; Can't we all disagree more constructively? |
| Responsibility: | Jonathan Haidt. |
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A truly seminal book * Prospect * A fascinating voyage of discovery through the social psychology of politics -- Simon Jenkins * Guardian * This elegantly written book has far-reaching implications for anyone interested in politics, religion, or the many controversies that divide modern societies. If you want to know why you hold your moral beliefs and why many people disagree with you, read this book -- Simon Baron-Cohen A remarkable and original synthesis of social psychology, political analysis, and moral reasoning that reflects the best of sciences in these fields -- Edward O. Wilson A tour de force - a brave, brilliant, and eloquent exploration of the most important issues of our time. It will challenge the way you think about liberals and conservatives, atheism and religion, good and evil. This is the book that everyone will be talking about -- Paul Bloom For the reader who seeks to understand happiness, my advice is: Begin with Haidt -- Martin E P Seligman, professor of psychology, University of Pennsylvania [Haidt's] arguments are lucid and thought-provoking. They deserve to be widely read * The Sunday Times * Read more...
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