The Psychology of Self-Righteousness

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September 21, 2018

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Compassion is the basis of morality.

- Arthur Schopenhauer -

The Psychology of Self-Righteousness

"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" and "conservative" not narrowly or necessarily as political affiliations, but as personality types ways of moving through the world. His self-described "conservative-hating, religion-hating, secular liberal instincts" have been challenged by his own studies. { read more }