“The why of the mind's existence and the how of its profound capacity to reason - especially its penchant for moral reasoning… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
God doesn't help. I think that's a knockdown argument. I think that it really shows that whatever moral knowledge we have and… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
My early research - I'm a social psychologist, and my early research was on how people make moral judgments. When I entered… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
That torture is wrong can never be the conclusion to any line of reasoning because it has to be a fundamental premise.… — Giles Fraser Copy Share Image
Our moral reasoning is plagued by two illusions. The first illusion can be called the wag-the-dog illusion: We believe that our own… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
"Teachers"... treat students neither coercively nor instrumentally but as joint seekers of truth and of mutual actualization. They help students define moral… — James MacGregor Burns Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most remarkable thing I found about the Bible was how flexible it is. Here we have a book written 3,000… — David Plotz Copy Share Image
If you think that moral reasoning is something we do to figure out the truth, you’ll be constantly frustrated by how foolish,… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
To be a fully functioning moral agent, one cannot passively accept moral principles handed down by fiat. Moral principles require moral reasoning. — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
“Schwitzgebel even scrounged up the missing-book lists from dozens of libraries and found that academic books on ethics, which are presumably borrowed… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
