Jonathan Haidt

Jonathan Haidt

Jonathan Haidt is associate professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. His research focuses on the psychological bases of morality across different cultures and political ideology. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992. He was awarded the Templeton Prize in Positive Psychology in 2001. [ [http://thesciencenetwork.org/BeyondBelief2/speakers/ The Science Network] ] His book "The Happiness Hypothesis" examines ten "great ideas" dating from antiquitydn and their continued relevance to the happy life. A certain portion of his research has been focused on the emotion of elevation.

His Moral Foundations Theory looks at the way morality varies between cultures and identifies five fundamental moral values shared to a greater or lesser degree by different societies and individuals. [http://faculty.virginia.edu/haidtlab/articles/haidt.graham.2007.when-morality-opposes-justice.pdf] . These are;
# Care for others, protecting them from harm
# Fairness, Justice, treating others equally.
# Loyalty to your group, family, nation
# Respect for tradition and legitimate authority.
# Purity, avoiding disgusting things, foods, actions.

Haidt found that Americans who identified as Conservatives valued all of these equally but those who identified as Liberals valued care and fairness much more highly than loyalty, respect and purity.

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References

External links

* [http://people.virginia.edu/~jdh6n/ Homepage]
* [http://faculty.virginia.edu/haidtlab/mf.html Moral Foundations Theory Homepage] - homepage of Haidt's research group
* [http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/haidt07/haidt07_index.html "Moral Psychology and the Misunderstanding of Religion"] - piece written for Edge.org
* [http://www.newyorker.com/online/video/conference/2007/haidt Video of presentation on morality at "New Yorker" "2012: Stories from the Near Future" conference]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/science/18mora.html?ei=5087%0A&em=&en=6df574f0948f0c22&ex=1190347200&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1190222551-imzoLWDSm5bqTDDFMKS/tg Is ‘Do Unto Others’ Written Into Our Genes? (New York Times)]
* [http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/11740 Video interview] with Will Wilkinson on Bloggingheads.tv
* [http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/13700 Video discussion] with philosopher Joshua Knobe on Bloggingheads.tv
* [http://thesciencenetwork.org/BeyondBelief2/watch/haidt.php Video of presentation at Beyond Belief 2007 Conference]
* [http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.html TED Talk: The real difference between liberals and conservatives]


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