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Jonathan Haidt

Jonathan Haidt

Jonathan Haidt (pronounced “height”) is a social psychologist at the NYU-Stern School of Business. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992, and spent most of his career (1995-2011) at the University of Virginia. Haidt’s research examines the intuitive foundations of morality, and how morality varies across cultures–including the cultures of American liberals, conservatives, and libertarians. Haidt is the author of The Happiness Hypothesis, and of the New York Times bestseller The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion. In his position at NYU-Stern, he is applying his research on moral psychology to business ethics, asking how companies can structure and run themselves in ways that will be resistant to ethical failures (see www.EthicalSystems.org)

Primary Interests:

  • Applied Social Psychology
  • Attitudes and Beliefs
  • Culture and Ethnicity
  • Emotion, Mood, Affect
  • Ethics and Morality
  • Life Satisfaction, Well-Being
  • Political Psychology
  • Self and Identity
  • Social Cognition

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The Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives

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  • The Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives


  • Can a Divided America Heal?


  • Religion, Evolution, and the Ecstasy of Self-Transcendence


  • How Common Threats Can Make Common (Political) Ground


  • Two Incompatible Sacred Values in American Universities


  • Are Trigger Warnings, Safe Spaces, and No-Platforming Harming Young Minds?


  • The Three Terrible Ideas Weakening Gen Z and Damaging Universities and Democracies


  • The "Stunning Fragility" and Vindictive Political Correctness of Today's Students


  • The Coddling of the American Mind


  • The Psychology Behind Globalism, Nationalism, Political Tribalism, and the Illiberal Left


  • Adapting to Change in an Accelerating World


  • What Makes Someone a Republican or a Democrat?


  • How Social Media Drives Polarization


  • How Social Media Is Changing Social Networks, Group Dynamics, Democracies, and Gen Z


  • What on Earth Is Happening to Our Country? The Moral Psychology of Political Division


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Other Publications:

  • Haidt, J. (2003). The moral emotions. In R. J. Davidson, K. R. Scherer, & H. H. Goldsmith (Eds.), Handbook of affective sciences (pp. 852-870). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Courses Taught:

  • Evolution and Business
  • Professional Responsibility
  • Work, Wisdom, and Happiness

Jonathan Haidt
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
New York University
Tisch Hall, 40 West 4th Street
New York, New York 10012
United States of America

  • Phone: (212) 992-6802

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