Your personal moral palette Haidt calls your “Moral Matrix”. Each person has a different taste palette for what is right and wrong, influenced by our biology, upbringing and society. These moral intuitions can be described as moral “tastebuds”. We feel things are wrong then utilise our reason and logic to justify said feelings. Our morality is first intuited, then secondly reasoned for. I hope that by reading this you will better understand your own moral framework, and as you do, gain some compassionate understanding of people who have an opposing view to your own. Below is a summary of the key messages from his book. In Jonathan Haidt’s book The Righteous Mind, he introduces his research on Moral Foundations Theory which sheds light on the division we see around us today. But why do we get so angry when discussing these moral topics? How do we formulate our personal moral viewpoint? And how can a deeper understanding of morality help us all get along? Religion, politics, vaccines, sexuality, racism, all can trigger a variety of emotions. If you are not familiar with such feelings spend some time on Twitter and you soon will. We’ve all been there, reading something online that makes our blood boil, ignites our passion for justice and a desire to make things right.
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