The Righteous Mind · Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Haidt, Jonathan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Contents Dedication Introduction

BORN TO BE RIGHTEOUS WHAT LIES AHEAD

The Righteous Mind

PART I: Intuitions Come First, Strategic Reasoning Second

One: Where Does Morality Come From?

THE ORIGIN OF MORALITY (TAKE 1) THE LIBERAL CONSENSUS AN EASIER TEST MEANWHILE, IN THE REST OF THE WORLD … THE GREAT DEBATE DISGUST AND DISRESPECT INVENTING VICTIMS IN SUM

Two: The Intuitive Dog and its Rational Tail

WILSON’S PROPHECY THE EMOTIONAL NINETIES WHY ATHEISTS WON’T SELL THEIR SOULS “SEEING-THAT” VERSUS “REASONING-WHY” THE RIDER AND THE ELEPHANT HOW TO WIN AN ARGUMENT IN SUM

Three: Elephants Rule

1. BRAINS EVALUATE INSTANTLY AND CONSTANTLY 2. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL JUDGMENTS ARE PARTICULARLY INTUITIVE 3. OUR BODIES GUIDE OUR JUDGMENTS 4. PSYCHOPATHS REASON BUT DON’T FEEL 5. BABIES FEEL BUT DON’T REASON 6. AFFECTIVE REACTIONS ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME IN THE BRAIN ELEPHANTS ARE SOMETIMES OPEN TO REASON IN SUM

Four: Vote for Me (Here’s Why)

WE ARE ALL INTUITIVE POLITICIANS 1. WE ARE OBSESSED WITH POLLS 2. OUR IN-HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY AUTOMATICALLY JUSTIFIES EVERYTHING 3. WE LIE, CHEAT, AND JUSTIFY SO WELL THAT WE HONESTLY BELIEVE WE ARE HONEST 4. REASONING (AND GOOGLE) CAN TAKE YOU WHEREVER YOU WANT TO GO 5. WE CAN BELIEVE ALMOST ANYTHING THAT SUPPORTS OUR TEAM THE RATIONALIST DELUSION IN SUM

PART II: There’s More to Morality than Harm and Fairness

Five: Beyond Weird Morality

THREE ETHICS ARE MORE DESCRIPTIVE THAN ONE HOW I BECAME A PLURALIST STEPPING OUT OF THE MATRIX IN SUM

Six: Taste Buds of the Righteous Mind

THE BIRTH OF MORAL SCIENCE ATTACK OF THE SYSTEMIZERS BENTHAM AND THE UTILITARIAN GRILL KANT AND THE DEONTOLOGICAL DINER GETTING BACK ON TRACK BROADENING THE PALATE MORAL FOUNDATIONS THEORY IN SUM

Seven: The Moral Foundations of Politics

A NOTE ON INNATENESS 1. THE CARE/HARM FOUNDATION 2. THE FAIRNESS/CHEATING FOUNDATION 3. THE LOYALTY/BETRAYAL FOUNDATION 4. THE AUTHORITY/SUBVERSION FOUNDATION 5. THE SANCTITY/DEGRADATION FOUNDATION IN SUM

Eight: The Conservative Advantage

MEASURING MORALS WHAT MAKES PEOPLE VOTE REPUBLICAN? WHAT I HAD MISSED THE LIBERTY/OPPRESSION FOUNDATION FAIRNESS AS PROPORTIONALITY THREE VERSUS SIX IN SUM

PART III: Morality Binds and Blinds

Nine: Why Are We So Groupish?

VICTORIOUS TRIBES? A FAST HERD OF DEER? EXHIBIT A: MAJOR TRANSITIONS IN EVOLUTION EXHIBIT B: SHARED INTENTIONALITY EXHIBIT C: GENES AND CULTURES COEVOLVE EXHIBIT D: EVOLUTION CAN BE FAST IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT WAR IN SUM

Ten: The Hive Switch

THE HIVE HYPOTHESIS COLLECTIVE EMOTIONS SO MANY WAYS TO FLIP THE SWITCH THE BIOLOGY OF THE HIVE SWITCH HIVES AT WORK POLITICAL HIVES IN SUM

Eleven: Religion Is a Team Sport

THE LONE BELIEVER THE NEW ATHEIST STORY: BY-PRODUCTS, THEN PARASITES A BETTER STORY: BY-PRODUCTS, THEN CULTURAL GROUP SELECTION THE DURKHEIMIAN STORY: BY-PRODUCTS, THEN MAYPOLES IS GOD A FORCE FOR GOOD OR EVIL? CHIMPS AND BEES AND GODS THE DEFINITION OF MORALITY (AT LAST) IN SUM

Twelve: Can’t We All Disagree More Constructively?

A NOTE ABOUT POLITICAL DIVERSITY FROM GENES TO MORAL MATRICES THE GRAND NARRATIVES OF LIBERALISM AND CONSERVATISM THE LEFT’S BLIND SPOT: MORAL CAPITAL A YIN AND TWO YANGS YIN: LIBERAL WISDOM YANG #1: LIBERTARIAN WISDOM YANG #2: SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE WISDOM TOWARD MORE CIVIL POLITICS IN SUM

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