Jonathan Haidt: The moral roots of liberals and conservatives

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as an accessible way to understand why people across the political spectrum disagree and to better understand opposing views.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

TED

Topic

moral psychology

Format

talk

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2016–2018

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From the original HN conversations

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• Jonathan Haidt has done a lot of work on this problem: [VIDEO] I would like to see peaceful political secessionism happen, so that as we sort ourselves out ideologically we can also sort ourselves out physically and sovereign-ly.

• Fair enough, but it wouldn't have made any difference. Disagreement with this particular aspect of the local culture will get you a downvote, not a discussion. Any discussion, if you're lucky to get one, would be better described as a re-education lecture, to teach you …

• Jonathon Haidt has actually done some great scientific work on the real differences between liberals and conservatives. This is a shortish version: [VIDEO] There's also some more detailed and longer versions if you poke around on YouTube a bit, plus a book you can buy …