Jonathan Haidt

It may have begun with promise, but NYU social psychologist Jonathan Haidt argues that social media has ripped apart the fabric of society over the past decade.

Bombs sent to leaders of the Democratic Party Wednesday morning have brought the extreme partisan divide into stark relief.

Jonathan Haidt, contributor for The Saturday Evening Post and author of  The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion, looks at the different views of morality on the Right and Left.

 

Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions, from our intuitions to our morality to our “groupishness.” In The Righteous Mind he investigates Why our political leaders can’t seem to work together to deal with threats and problems and why people so readily assume the worst about their fellow citizens.