![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This article analyzes four different explanatory “stories” that Haidt weaves together: (1) a “causal” evolutionary account of the development of morality (2) a “causal” story about the psychological mechanisms explaining human action (3) a “causal” story about the historical and cultural determinants of our political attitudes and (4) a “normative” story about the grounds and justification of human action. However, Haidt’s empirical studies give reasons to suggest that the “faith” of deliberative democrats in reasoning may be misplaced, particularly as that faith tends be inflected in terms of a “Kantian” moral psychology. Deliberative democrats also have a significant stake in understanding the sources of our disagreements and see rational deliberation as the key to civility and democratic legitimacy. The aim of the book is to encourage understanding and civility in our public life. ![]() Jonathan Haidt is a moral psychologist whose influential book, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion, explains the origins of our political disagreements. ![]()
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