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Customers highly praise The Righteous Mind for its ability to help understand different beliefs and improve human relations. They appreciate the author's non-judgmental approach and use of real-world examples to illustrate points. Many readers find the book relevant to current world issues and recommend it for empathy building. Some mention the value of learning about the history behind ideas and concepts.
Moral Evolution
Customers highly praise The Righteous Mind for its comprehensive exploration of moral psychology and evolution, emphasizing the role of intuition in shaping moral judgments and the importance of understanding different moral foundations that shape political leanings. Some readers find the book insightful in providing a fresh perspective on moral choices and human behavior. However, a few mention the book's lengthy explanations as a potential drawback.
Rationality Limits
Customers have generally positive views towards "The Righteous Mind" and appreciate its insights into human rationality limits, acknowledging that our justifications for beliefs are often post-hoc rationalizations rather than the primary drivers of our decisions. The book is seen as a valuable tool for understanding opposing viewpoints and reducing political polarization.
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Good Intentions
Customers have generally positive opinions about the book's ability to help bridge the political divide, with many praising its clear and understandable language, enjoyable readability, and relevance to current events. However, some mention the book's cost as a drawback.
Morality Vs Law
The book "The Righteous Mind" by Jonathan Haidt explores human morality and its impact on politics and religion, with mixed reviews regarding the balance between morality and law. Some readers appreciate the thought-provoking insights into the roots of beliefs, while others criticize the author's stance on certain political and moral issues.
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Quality
Great printing and binding technology for the physical book.
” humans take discrete pieces of evidence and data and construct coherent stories with them.
“it’s my belief” and “it’s my morals” should never be a get out of jail free card.
One of the strengths of the book is haidt's engaging and accessible writing style.
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Haidt also claims that "sanctity" is a form of morality that liberals lack in comparison to conservatives.
That argument is similar to the one made by conservative pundit ann coulter back in 2008 when she accused barack obama of disre... Read More
Haidt suggests that conservatives possess a greater sense of threat awareness and are more likely to trust authority figures th... Read More
The easiest takeaway (for me) is that people have different moral taste buds, and rather than try to change or judge them, it i... Read More
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moral, political, different, conservative and human. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 10,999 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 18 2024.
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Thats really not how it works
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If you just want your own goodness reflected back to you then go ahead and hang out in your echochamber
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I gained a lot from the survey of factors affecting moral common sense but without something people can agree on some one is going to cal it moral to punch you in the face
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Some reviews suggested people “push back” but when everyone does that we only have division and nothing resembling morality
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Morality will never stand in place of law and practicality
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In many cases haidt attempts to push moral relativism too far got him pushback and it left a stain on his reputation
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Nevertheless the book was good
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