The Righteous Mind
Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Ranked #1 in Morality, Ranked #4 in History Of Religion — see more rankings.
His starting point is moral intuition—the nearly instantaneous perceptions we all have about other people and the things they do. These intuitions feel like self-evident truths, making us righteously certain that those who see things differently are wrong. Haidt... more
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A.J. Jacobs All about trying to figure out the gap between the red and blue states – Republican and Democrat – and it’s really interesting. (Source)
Akin Oyebode @eggheader @OnemuVictor1 @JonHaidt Abeg order two. I read Righteous Mind which he also wrote, and that was a very fascinating book. (Source)
Andrew M. Mwenda The best work on this is a book by Jonathan Haidt “The Righteous Mind: Why good People are Divided by Religion and Politics.” He argues that human beings have deeply entrenched moral intuitions which guide their assessment of reality. Facts matter very little if at all. (Source)
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Rankings by Category
The Righteous Mind is ranked in the following categories:
- #84 in Behavior
- #64 in Behavioral Economics
- #75 in Brain
- #8 in Business Ethics
- #12 in Civics
- #30 in Cognitive Psychology
- #4 in Conservatism
- #42 in Culture
- #77 in Current
- #34 in Current Affairs
- #55 in Decision Making
- #60 in Doctor
- #5 in Ethics
- #71 in Evolution
- #15 in Evolutionary Psychology
- #68 in Factual
- #79 in Human Brain
- #50 in Human Nature
- #73 in Humanity
- #98 in Intellectual
- #21 in Interactions
- #4 in Liberalism
- #71 in Mind
- #60 in Modern History
- #14 in Morals
- #86 in Most Influential
- #97 in Personality
- #21 in Physiology
- #36 in Political Philosophy
- #14 in Political Science
- #46 in Political Theory
- #7 in Politics
- #29 in Psychology
- #17 in Reasoning
- #20 in Religion
- #53 in Social
- #19 in Social Psychology
- #39 in Social Sciences
- #56 in Social Studies
- #22 in Sociology
- #83 in Thinking
- #47 in Thought
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