The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion (Vintage, 2013; first published 2012)

Jon Haidt · c. 2012–2013

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In moral judgment, intuitions come first and strategic reasoning second

Their wordsIntuitions come first, strategic reasoning second.
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Morality binds people into teams and blinds them to the other side

Their wordsMorality binds and blinds. It binds us into ideological teams that fight each other as though the fate of the world depended on our side winning each battle.
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We are deeply intuitive creatures whose gut feelings drive our reasoning

Their wordsWe are deeply intuitive creatures whose gut feelings drive our strategic reasoning.
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Reason serves the intuitions

Their wordsReason is the servant of the intuitions.
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Anyone who values truth should stop worshipping reason

Their wordsAnyone who values truth should stop worshipping reason.
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Recognising intuition is not a case for giving up reasoning for gut feeling

Their wordsI’m not saying we should all stop reasoning and go with our gut feelings.
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Each individual reasoner is limited, like a single neuron

Their wordsWe should see each individual as being limited, like a neuron.
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A world without moralism, gossip and judgment would quickly decay into chaos

Their wordsI believe that a world without moralism, gossip, and judgment would quickly decay into chaos.

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