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The Righteous Mind

Jonathan Haidt
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43 pages • 1 hour read

Jonathan Haidt

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

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

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  • Summary

  • Background

    • Chapter Summaries & Analyses

  • Part 1: “Intuitions Come First, Strategic Reasoning Second”

  • Part 2: “There’s More to Morality than Harm and Fairness”

  • Part 3: “Morality Binds and Blinds”

  • Key Figures

  • Themes

  • Index of Terms

  • Important Quotes

  • Essay Topics

    • Tools

  • Discussion Questions

    • Essay Topics

    1.

    How do relativism and pluralism differ, in the author’s view? Why does he view pluralism as superior?

    2.

    What are the core taste buds of liberals? How do they relate to sugar and salt, in Haidt’s opinion?

    3.

    What gives conservatives a moral advantage? How can liberals work to recapture some of that moral advantage?

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