TheRighteousMind_WhyGoodPeopleAreDivided.epub

ALSO BY JONATHAN HAIDT The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom Copyright © 2012 by Jonathan Haidt All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. Pantheon Books and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Haidt, Jonathan. The righteous mind : why good people are divided by politics and religion / Jonathan Haidt. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. eISBN: 978-0-307-90703-5 1. Ethics. 2. Social psychology. 3. Political psychology. 4. Psychology, Religious. I. Title. BJ45.H25 2012 201′.615—dc23 2011032036 www.pantheonbooks.com www.righteousmind.com Jacket design by Sagmeister Inc. v3.1 In memory of my father, Harold Haidt I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, not to hate them, but to understand them. —Baruch Spinoza, Tractatus Politicus, 1676 Contents Cover Other Books by This Author Title Page Copyright Dedication Epigraph Introduction PART I Intui......