Jonathan Haidt: The moral roots of liberals and conservatives

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we're left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to honor most.

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[Dsdversbe Strike]

social inequalities like how liberal welfare and food stamps made blacks into political slaves?

[Karl Lee]

Sorry but I found nothing "eye-opening" about this presentation. Ingroup/ loyalty thats simply a numbers and propaganda situation. Taste in beauty is different, maybe some people just dont like the appearance of a naked body, so I guess that makes them conservatives? I have to say that judging "conservatives" in the way that he has is not very humble.

[Agnotio]

I don't think conservatives hate authority generally, they hate authority that cares for the weak and tries to redress social inequalities. If the authority was instead punishing the weak and ignoring social inequalities then conservatives would love it.

[ytmikelol]

He said he was primarily talking about social issues.

[MoleDownunder]

WTF???? He has got it all wrong! We conservatives hate the authority too! We want freedom for individuals and we get that by making the government work for us instead of us working for the government.

[garycel]

Good point; Thanx.

[Dantinus]

If I am not mistaken, all ants in a particular colonies came from a few queens (who are related). So technically, they can be considered siblings.