“People bind themselves into political teams that share moral narratives. Once they accept a particular narrative, they become blind to alternative moral… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
The big breakthrough for me was, once I stopped disliking conservatives and could actually see what they were right about, they showed… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
Democrats talk about programs like Social Security or Medicare, but it's not clear to most voters what Democrats' core moral values are. — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
By temperament and disposition and emotions, I'm a liberal; but in my beliefs about what's best for the country, I'm a centrist. — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
When I began my work on how morality varies across the political spectrum, there was a partisan, manipulative element to it. I… — 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
People who devote their lives to studying something often come to believe that the object of their fascination is the key to understanding everything. — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
“Nonetheless, if you are trying to change an organization or a society and you do not consider the effects of your changes on moral… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
If you have a personality predisposed to liberalism, you might gravitate more to the artsy crowd or the anti-establishment crowd. And then those peers… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
