{"product_id":"the-righteous-mind-why-good-people-are-divided-by-politics-and-religion-jonathan-haidt-hardcover","title":"The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion -- Jonathan Haidt, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy can't our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the motives of their fellow citizens? In \u003ci\u003eThe Righteous Mind, \u003c\/i\u003esocial psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis starting point is moral intuition--the nearly instantaneous perceptions we all have about other people and the things they do. These intuitions feel like self-evident truths, making us righteously certain that those who see things differently are wrong. Haidt shows us how these intuitions differ across cultures, including the cultures of the political left and right. He blends his own research findings with those of anthropologists, historians, and other psychologists to draw a map of the moral domain, and he explains why conservatives can navigate that map more skillfully than can liberals. He then examines the origins of morality, overturning the view that evolution made us fundamentally selfish creatures. But rather than arguing that we are innately altruistic, he makes a more subtle claim--that we are fundamentally \u003ci\u003egroupish. \u003c\/i\u003eIt is our groupishness, he explains, that leads to our greatest joys, our religious divisions, and our political affiliations. In a stunning final chapter on ideology and civility, Haidt shows what each side is right about, and why we need the insights of liberals, conservatives, and libertarians to flourish as a nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Haidt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pantheon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.51h x 6.41w x 1.54d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307377906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/12\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2012 pg. 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/25\/2012 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/06\/2012 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Haidt\u003c\/b\u003e is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Haidt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67957797257444,"sku":"9780307377906","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780307377906.jpg?v=1793087835","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/the-righteous-mind-why-good-people-are-divided-by-politics-and-religion-jonathan-haidt-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}