The righteous mind review6/29/2023 The Bible also teaches that we operate as both individuals and as groups, etc. The Bible also teaches that those intuitions can be trained through culture, law, parents, etc. The Bible also bases its moral laws on various moral foundations (harm/care, fairness, proportionality, liberty, sanctity, etc.). For instance, the Bible also teaches that we have “innate” moral intuitions. And a lot of his main points coincide very well with a biblical point of view. He just assumes that they will be self-evident to the reader.ĥ) The end result is that a lot of the descriptive parts of the book are very helpful for understanding individuals, politics, and culture. He makes many moral judgments throughout the book, but doesn’t have any of the tools to back them up. He ultimately argues for a sort of utilitarianism that is less individualistic, but does not (cannot) explain how he got to that conclusion. It’s helpful, for Haidt, it (along with morality) is an illusion.Ĥ) This leaves Haidt’s “oughts” hollow. He is, therefore, relatively friendly towards religion. For Haidt, both arose out of natural group selection because they helped groups outperform other groups. He offers an account of the origin of morality and religion that is purely evolutionary. This by itself is worth the price of the book.ģ) My deepest critique of the book is not of Haidt as a moral psychologist, but Haidt as a philosopher. 2) Related: Everyone should familiarize themselves with Moral Foundation Theory and how/why it divides conservatives, progressives, and libertarians.
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