Continuing a train of thought I started in this post, in which I ruminate on the following Tweet from Dr. Haidt… Why Americans should stop using “liberal” to refer to the left: Dan Klein on the origins and meaning of the word: http://t.co/p5mNRrFD3g — Jonathan Haidt (@JonHaidt) July 30, 2015 …I have some rhetorical … Continue reading
I highly recommend the book Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought, Expanded Edition by Jonathan Rauch. It’s been rereleased in ebook form with a new forward by George Will and a new afterward by the author. It will be available in paperback in the Spring of 2014. In the meantime, the reader might find … Continue reading
The moral matrix we live in shapes our perceptions of the world, and even our understanding of the meanings of words. For example, Haidt introduced the Liberty/Oppression moral foundation in the talk he gave at the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education. He discussed how the six-foundation and three-foundation moralities attach different connotations … Continue reading