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
I'll suggest that the happiness hypothesis offered by Buddha and the Stoics should be amended: Happiness comes from within, and happiness comes… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
When I think about life on Earth, there should not be a species like us. And if there was, we should be… — 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
Societies that exclude the exoskeleton of religion should reflect carefully to what will happen to them over several generations. We don’t really… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
People are wrong when they say that everything should be more diverse, even, say, rock bands. It's an error, an overgeneralization. — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
Trying to run Congress without human relationships is like trying to run a car without motor oil. Should we be surprised when… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
People are voting for the kind of country they want to live in, and there are different views about what kind of… — 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
