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'A landmark contribution to humanity's understanding of itself' The New York Times

About the Author

Jonathan Haidt (pronounced 'height') is a social psychologist and the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business. He is the author of The Righteous Mind and co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind.

Reviews

A landmark contribution to humanity's understanding of itself
*The New York Times*

If you want to know why you hold your moral beliefs and why many people disagree with you, read this book
*author of The Essential Difference*

A truly seminal book
*Prospect*

A tour de force - brave, brilliant, and eloquent. It will challenge the way you think about liberals and conservatives, atheism and religion, good and evil
*author of How Pleasure Works*

Compelling . . . a fluid combination of erudition and entertainment
*Observer*

Lucid and thought-provoking . . . deserves to be widely read
*Sunday Times*