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One of the best popular science book I've read. Compelling narrative, great research, useful insights for the politically savvy.
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Great book on the foundations of morality. Contains good advice on how to enter into a dialogue with people you disagree with, or on how to change your own mind.
My reading notes:
# To Remember
Three principles of moral psychology:
- Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second
- There's more to morality than harm and fairness
- Morality binds and blinds
Innate means "organized in advance of experience".
A good metaphor for the mind consists in a rider on top of an elephant. The rider does the stra ...more
My reading notes:
# To Remember
Three principles of moral psychology:
- Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second
- There's more to morality than harm and fairness
- Morality binds and blinds
Innate means "organized in advance of experience".
A good metaphor for the mind consists in a rider on top of an elephant. The rider does the stra ...more
Haluan ostaa tätä kirjaa tusinoittain ja lahjoittaa jokaiselle tuntemalleni ihmiselle. Haidtin teos selittää, miksi yhteiskuntamme on niin polarisoitunut ja pyrkii lisäämään ymmärrystä eri ideologioiden välille.
Moraalipsykologiassa on usein ajateltu, että moraalin pohjana on haitan aiheuttaminen tai poistaminen: toisten ihmisten (tai eläinten) satuttaminen on väärin/pahaa ja huolenpito taas toisista on oikein/hyvää. Haidt ei kuitenkaan pitänyt tätä tyydyttävänä vastauksena. Hän törmäsi erilaisi ...more
Moraalipsykologiassa on usein ajateltu, että moraalin pohjana on haitan aiheuttaminen tai poistaminen: toisten ihmisten (tai eläinten) satuttaminen on väärin/pahaa ja huolenpito taas toisista on oikein/hyvää. Haidt ei kuitenkaan pitänyt tätä tyydyttävänä vastauksena. Hän törmäsi erilaisi ...more
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Justin Norman
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The most important, helpful, interesting, and consistently entertaining book about politics I've read in years. It tackles the increasingly divisive world of politics by helping each faction of spectrum (liberals, conservatives, and libertarians) understand the other sides' moral foundations. It helped me become more aware of the pros and cons of belonging to a team - "binding and blinding" as the author puts it. Binding to other people is important for group survival, but it also ingrains a ten
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Although not without its faults, this book can change the worldview of a receptive reader.
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