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 ...

Dismissing the notion that the human mind is fundamentally ... discussion of how our "righteous minds" "Bind and Blind" us in politics, religion, and nationalism. But Haidt is at his best when ...

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 ...

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 ...

But I chose the title The Righteous Mind to convey the sense that human nature is not just intrinsically moral, it’s also intrinsically moralistic, critical, and judgmental. The word righteous ...

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 ...