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Quotes from The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion — Jonathan Haidt

born 1963 United States

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Egalitarianism seems to be rooted more in the hatred of domination than in the love of equality per se.

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion (2012)

Anyone who values truth should stop worshipping reason.

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion (2012)

Republicans understand moral psychology. Democrats don't.

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion (2012)

Science is a smorgasbord, and Google will guide you to the study that's right for you.

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion (2012)

If you think that moral reasoning is something we do to figure out the truth, you’ll be constantly frustrated by how foolish, biased, and illogical people become when they disagree with you.

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion (2012)

Morality 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. It blinds us to the fact that each team is composed of good people who have something important to say.

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion (2012)

Nowadays, secular people often see the Enlightenment as a battle between two mortal enemies; on one side was science, with its principal weapon, reason, and on the other side was religion, with its ancient shield of superstition. Reason defeated superstition, light replaced darkness.

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion (2012)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jonathan Haidt (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.