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The main selling point of the book is the controversial thesis that conservatives have a more sophisticated and complete "moral matrix" than liberals. Haidt says conservatives have a complete sense of taste whereas liberals can only taste sweet. This implies that liberals have a dangerously inaccurate version of reality that they are using when deciding what ideas to swallow and what to spit out.
Such a bold claim should be backed up with solid proof. Haidt needs to show where the "complete" mat ...more
Such a bold claim should be backed up with solid proof. Haidt needs to show where the "complete" mat ...more
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Back in 2012, I took the Moral Foundations Questionnaire test. So almost five years later, I finally got around to reading the book that explains it. Since it is now Facebook integrated, I kind of want ALL my friends to take it.
The framework presented here makes sense to me. I was fascinated by Drew Westen's The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation talking about fear being the key to reaching conservative voters. I could see that in the 2012 and 2016 electi ...more
The framework presented here makes sense to me. I was fascinated by Drew Westen's The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation talking about fear being the key to reaching conservative voters. I could see that in the 2012 and 2016 electi ...more
One of my colleagues, a brilliant psychologist (HI Beth!), recommended this book. It's GREAT! Haidt was once a pretty strong liberal, but then wanted to better understand why people get so riled up over politics. And why is it getting harder and harder to understand, relate, or to even accept the other side in American politics. He came away from the experience as a much more moderate fellow, which I can relate to. Haidt is a social psych guy and included a lot of brilliant research into the qui
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