Jonathan Haidt delivers a compelling and thoughtful digest of the essence of his research and insights on human moral psychology, and what makes conservatives and liberals different (and alike). As a follow-up to Namit's post on Haidt a few weeks ago, here's the 20-minute video of Haidt's TED talk:
Haidt invites us to take his research quiz at YourMorals.Org.
You can also watch Jonathan Haidt giving a talk dubbed "MORALITY: 2012" by The New Yorker magazine at their 2007 conference: "2012: Stories from the Near Future". This 20-minute talk has a very different emphasis than the one above, and in the brief interview that follows his talk, he speaks about the current election in the context of his ideas.
While I do think he simplifies the world a great deal in his basic thesis, I yet find it interesting and insightful in that I think it gives us some tools for better understanding.
Posted by: Usha | November 01, 2008 at 08:00 PM