THE RIGHTEOUS MIND: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion, by Jonathan Haidt. Pantheon Books, 419 pp., $28.95. Back in 1989, controversy erupted over a photograph by Andres Serrano ...

Jeff Glor talks to Jonathan Haidt about "The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion." Jeff Glor: What inspired you to write the book? Jonathan Haidt: When I was a ...

I’ve had my copy of the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s The Righteous Mind for about 10 days now, and I’m sorry I haven’t gotten around to blogging about it. Longtime readers will ...

My hope is that it will help us to get along. BORN TO BE RIGHTEOUS I could have titled this book The Moral Mind to convey the sense that the human mind is designed to “do” morality ...

Jonathan Haidt’s The Righteous Mind (Pantheon) is a book addressed to our national discontent. A study in moral psychology, it aims to explain why Americans are so polarized over politics and ...

That at least is the central premise of Jonathan Haidt's absorbing The Righteous Mind, which should come with a warning label: "contents highly addictive." Written in a breezy and accessible style ...