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Jonathan Haidt: Leftism is the New Fundamentalist Religion

Written By PhilosophyInsights on Friday, Nov 17, 2017 | 05:33 PM

 
Jonathan David Haidt (born October 19, 1963) is an American social psychologist and Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business. His academic specialization is the psychology of morality and the moral emotions. Haidt is the author of two books: The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom (2006) and The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion (2012). He is also founder of the Heterodox Academy to support viewpoint diversity in academia: https://heterodoxacademy.org/ In this clip with Jordan Peterson he talks about how leftism is the new fundamentalit religion. Full clip, quoted under fair use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IBegL_V6AA --- This channel aims at extracting central points of presentations into short clips. The topics cover the problems of leftist ideology and the consequences for society. If you like the content, subscribe to the channel!