The Hidden Agenda of the Political Mind Quotes

“As authors such as Gladwell have discussed, it just means that the conscious parts of minds don’t receive certain kinds of information about the workings of the unconscious parts of minds. People often know the results of the deliberations, but are not privy to the deliberations themselves. People also often think of the products of their motivational systems as unmoved by rational thought—the heart wants what it wants, after all. But this is just their Spokespersons noticing the limits of their own role in the bureaucracy.”
― Jason Weeden, The Hidden Agenda of the Political Mind: How Self-Interest Shapes Our Opinions and Why We Won't Admit It

“Another weakness in the women-controlling-their-bodies explanation is that there are plenty of ways in which most pro-choice people otherwise agree that women (and men) should be restricted in what they do with their bodies: seat belt laws, prostitution laws, restrictions on trans fats and giant sodas, mandatory health insurance, and so forth. Hardly anyone holds views actually consistent with the idea that people should be able to do whatever they want with their b”
― Jason Weeden, The Hidden Agenda of the Political Mind: How Self-Interest Shapes Our Opinions and Why We Won't Admit It

“So convenient a thing it is to be a Reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a mind to do. —The Autobiography of Benjamin F”
― Jason Weeden, The Hidden Agenda of the Political Mind: How Self-Interest Shapes Our Opinions and Why We Won't Admit It