The Righteous Mind

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion

Author	Jonathan Haidt
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Psychology
Published	2012
Media type	Print
ISBN	978-0307377906

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion is a 2012 social psychology book by Jonathan Haidt. In it, Haidt describes human morality as it relates to politics and religion.^[1] Haidt attempts to reach common ground between liberals and conservatives. Haidt argues that people are too quick to denigrate the other sides point of view without fully considering their point of view. Haidt himself acknowledges that, where once he was a partisan liberal, now he is more open to both points of view. ^[2]

Reception

The book received positive reviews^[3] and was a New York Times' best seller.^[4]

See also

• Social psychology
• Moral psychology
• Moral Foundations Theory
• Social intuitionism

References

1. ↑ Saletan, William (March 23, 2012). "Why Won’t They Listen? ‘The Righteous Mind,’ by Jonathan Haidt". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 February 2014. 
2. ↑ Saletan, William (March 23, 2012). "Why Won’t They Listen? ‘The Righteous Mind,’ by Jonathan Haidt". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 October 2014. 
3. ↑
4. ↑ "Best Sellers". The New York Times. 1 April 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2014. 

External links

• Homepage
• Full list of Haidt’s publications: http://people.stern.nyu.edu/jhaidt/publications.html
• The Righteous Mind
• http://www.MoralFoundations.org
• http://www.YourMorals.org
• Review of The Righteous Mind in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/books/review/the-righteous-mind-by-jonathan-haidt.html
• Righteous Mind lecture