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Ep 289 - Way Back Wednesday: Jonathan Haidt Enters The Dojo

Mixed Mental Arts - November 29, 2017 21:12 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 341 ratings
As a professor at the University of Virginia, Jonathan Haidt uses the scientific method to study human morality…which leads to asking people some pretty screwed up questions. On the show, Bryan, Jonathan and Hunter discuss everything from why Washington is broken to why 1% of men give the res...

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[Unedited] Jonathan Haidt with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett - October 19, 2017 15:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9.6K ratings
“When it comes to moral judgments, we think we are scientists discovering the truth, but actually we are lawyers arguing for positions we arrived at by other means.” The surprising psychology behind morality is at the heart of social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s research. He explains “liberal”...

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Jonathan Haidt — The Psychology of Self-Righteousness

On Being with Krista Tippett - October 19, 2017 15:50 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 9.6K ratings
“When it comes to moral judgments, we think we are scientists discovering the truth, but actually we are lawyers arguing for positions we arrived at by other means.” The surprising psychology behind morality is at the heart of social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s research. He explains “liberal”...

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The Rise of Populism and the Backlash Against the Elites, with Jonathan Haidt and Nick Clegg

Intelligence Squared - November 25, 2016 12:52 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 690 ratings
What is going on in the Western democracies? From Britain’s vote for Brexit, to Donald Trump’s election victory in America and the growth of populist movements across Europe, voters are expressing their dissatisfaction with the status quo. Economic anxieties go some way to explain the phenomenon,...

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Can a divided America heal? | Chris Anderson

TED Talks Society and Culture - November 08, 2016 15:03 - ★★★★ - 687 ratings
How can the US recover after the negative, partisan presidential election of 2016? Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the morals that form the basis of our political choices. In conversation with TED Curator Chris Anderson, he describes the patterns of thinking and historical causes that ...

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Jonathan Haidt and Melvin Konner — Capitalism and Moral Evolution: A Civil Provocation

On Being with Krista Tippett - June 02, 2016 18:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 9.6K ratings
It was supposed to be a discussion about “culture and conscience” with two social scientists, as part of a public gathering of the Center for Humans and Nature at the American Museum of Natural History. But Jonathan Haidt is studying the relationship between capitalism and moral evolution, and ...

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[Unedited] Jonathan Haidt + Melvin Konner with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett - June 02, 2016 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9.6K ratings
Jonathan Haidt is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business. His books include “The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion” and, forthcoming in 2017, “Three Stories about Capitalism: The moral psychology of ...

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Jonathan Haidt on Morality, Politics, Disgust, and Intellectual Diversity on Campus

Conversations with Tyler - March 24, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratings
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on morality, politics, disgust, how to maintain free speech on campus, the enriching effects of LSD, antiparsimonialism, and why economists set all the interesting variables to zero. Read a full transcript enhanced with he...

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Interview - The Happiness Hypothesis with Jonathan Haidt

Heroic with Brian Johnson | Activate Your Best. Every Day. - September 06, 2015 16:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Wonder where happiness comes from? So does Jonathan Haidt, one of the world’s leading positive psychologists and Professor at NYU. Join us as we explore some of my favorite Big Ideas from his great book.

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Interview - The Happiness Hypothesis with Jonathan Haidt

Heroic with Brian Johnson | Activate Your Best. Every Day. - September 06, 2015 16:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 301 ratings
Wonder where happiness comes from? So does Jonathan Haidt, one of the world’s leading positive psychologists and Professor at NYU. Join us as we explore some of my favorite Big Ideas from his great book.

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EP6: Jonathan Haidt - Getting the Fundamentals Right

Live Happy Now - September 03, 2015 14:53 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 497 ratings
Jonathan Haidt recently spoke at the 2015 IPPA (International Positive Psychology Association) conference. COO, Co-Founder and Editorial Director of Live Happy LLC, Deborah K. Heisz joins Haidt to further discuss the 10 great truths, ideas to creating lasting happiness and how to deal with oppos...

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558: Building Progressive and Post-Mormon Communities based on Jonathan Haidt's The Righteous Mind with Dr. Dave Christian

Mormon Stories - LDS - August 28, 2015 15:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4.8K ratings
Building Progressive and Post-Mormon Communities based on Jonathan Haidt's The Righteous Mind with Dr. Dave Christian.

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Jonathan Haidt on the Righteous Mind

EconTalk - January 20, 2014 06:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4K ratings
Jonathan Haidt of New York University and author of The Righteous Mind talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his book, the nature of human nature, and how our brain affects our morality and politics. Haidt argues that reason often serves our emotions rather than the mind being in charge. W...

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6 Jonathan Haidt - This is Why Your Political Opponents Hate You

Inquiring Minds - October 25, 2013 15:49 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 821 ratings
Why is America so polarized? Why are our politicians so dysfunctional? Why do they sometimes even seem to downright hate each other? In this episode of Inquiring Minds, moral psychologist and bestselling The Righteous Mind author Jonathan Haidt explains that our differences are, at root, the res...

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Ep53 - Jonathan Haidt

Mixed Mental Arts - August 01, 2013 08:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 341 ratings
As a professor at the University of Virginia, Jonathan Haidt uses the scientific method to study human morality…which leads to asking people some pretty screwed up questions. Would it be wrong if a man bought a chicken from the store for dinner, had sex with it and then ate it? A brother and sist...

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Smart People Podcast - September 10, 2012 00:25 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 700 ratings
Jonathan Haidt – morality, emotion and politics: “Morality binds people together into teams that seek victory, not truth, and it closes hearts and minds.” Taking the moral high ground is considered noble.  Being morally sound is an admirable trait.  But who determines if your moral stance is corr...

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Jonathan Haidt - The Righteous Mind

Point of Inquiry - March 19, 2012 21:25 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 758 ratings
Host: Chris Mooney Why is it that some of us are religious, some of us not... some of us liberal, some of us not? If you've been paying attention, then by now you might have noticed that this doesn't really have a lot to do with the intellectual validity of religious, or irreligious, or libera...