The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

Name: The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
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Rating: 4.6 (11959 reviews)
Author: Jonathan Haidt

by Jonathan Haidt

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4.6 stars from 11,959 reviews. One of the highest rated Nonfiction books we track.

493 pages~8.2 hr readPublished by Penguin BooksPublished 2012-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You're frustrated by political polarisation and want to understand why intelligent people can hold such different values.
You're curious about moral psychology and how our brains actually make ethical judgements, not just how we think they do.
You lean left or right but want to understand the legitimate concerns driving the opposing viewpoint, without abandoning your own.

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You're looking for a book that validates your political position as objectively correct.
You prefer entertaining narratives over research-backed explanations and psychological frameworks.
You want a quick read: this is a dense, idea-heavy book that demands engagement with unfamiliar concepts.

About this book

Jonathan Haidt draws on twenty-five years of research in moral psychology to examine how people form moral judgments. He argues that moral decisions arise from gut feelings rather than reason, and explains why liberals, conservatives, and libertarians hold different intuitions about right and wrong. According to Haidt, each side is actually correct about many of its core concerns. The book explores how these different moral foundations enable human cooperation while also creating divisions and conflicts. Haidt presents his analysis in accessible language, offering insight into why good people disagree so fundamentally on politics and religion.

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