Once you understand the power of stimulus control, you can use it to your advantage by changing the stimuli in your environment… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
If you think half of America votes badly because they are stupid or religious, you are trapped in a matrix ... Take… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
In real life, however, you don't react to what someone did; you react only to what you think she did, and the… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
If I have a mission in life, it is to convince people that everyone is morally motivated - everyone except for psychopaths. — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
If I believe that abortion is wrong, and I want to convince you that it's wrong, there's no reason I should recount… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
The final moment of success is often no more thrilling than taking off a heavy backpack at the end of a long… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
If you get something for nothing, part of you may be pleased, but part of you moves your hand to give something… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
If our goal is to understand the world, to seek a deeper understanding of the world, our general lack of moral diversity… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
You can see the rider serving the elephant when people are morally dumbfounded. They have strong gut feelings about what is right and wrong,… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
Congress is full of good, decent, smart people who have devoted their lives to public service. — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
Once you understand the power of stimulus control, you can use it to your advantage by changing the stimuli in your environment and avoiding… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
“The ethic of autonomy is based on the idea that people are, first and foremost, autonomous individuals with wants, needs, and preferences. People should… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
I got interested in the American culture war back in 2004, and it's one of the only growth stocks I've ever invested in. — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a social scientist. In order to get hired and to get promoted, we're forced to declare a disciplinary and… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
“We should not expect individuals to produce good, open-minded, truth-seeking reasoning, particularly when self-interest or reputational concerns are in play. But if you put… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
The most powerful force ever known on this planet is human cooperation - a force for construction and destruction. — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
It only takes twenty generations of selective breeding to create large differences or appearance and behavior in other mammals. — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
If you think half of America votes badly because they are stupid or religious, you are trapped in a matrix ... Take the red… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
“Our minds have the potential to become righteous about many different concerns, and only a few of these concerns are activated during childhood. Other” — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
