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Jonathan Haidt: The Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives

The Moral Matrix! Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we're left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to honor most.

Jonathan Haidt studies how -- and why -- we evolved to be moral. By understanding more about our moral roots, his hope is that we can learn to be civil and open-minded.

To read a related Situationist post, see “Jonathan Haidt on the Situation of Moral Reasoning.” http://tinyurl.com/c8np8ul To review a collection of posts examining the the situation of ideology, http://tinyurl.com/ccdb8ta

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