Pizhuhish nāmah-i intiqādī-i mutūn va barnāmah hā-yi ̒ulūm-i insāni (Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of Human Sciences)

Moral Psychology and Social Intuitionism of Jonathan Haidt; A Critical Review of the Book Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion?

Document Type : Research

Authors

Parisa Goudarzi
Mohsen Shabani

PhD of Islamic Mysticism, Member of Department of Anthropology, The Iranian Council for Reviewing Books and Text on Human Sciences, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2021.36001.2214
Abstract
Moral psychology is one of the emerging disciplines in interdisciplinary studies in the field of moral philosophy and psychology. Moral psychology seeks to bridge the boundaries of science and philosophy in the field of psychology and ethics. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion? by Jonathan Haidt is one of the most influential works in this field. In this paper, the authors have tried to bring the boundaries of psychology and ethics closer to each other. Haidt seeks to suggest a way of thinking about two divisive issues in human life: politics and religion. For this purpose, he has used the available resources in the fields of philosophy, moral philosophy, psychology, social sciences, and genetics. Much of the book's data is lived and experienced by the author himself. This has made the present book an excellent one in the field of psychology and ethics, especially in the field of moral intuitionism and social intuitionism. The author believes that understanding and empathizing with the political and religious views of others or, in his words, validating the moral matrices of others, eliminates divisions between people. Due to its very simple language, coherent and empirical analyzes, this book can be made available to the general public, both academics and non-academics.

Keywords

Moral Psychology
Righteous Mind
Politics
Religion
Social Intuitionism

Subjects

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Pizhuhish nāmah-i intiqādī-i mutūn va barnāmah hā-yi ̒ulūm-i insāni (Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of Human Sciences)
Volume 22, Issue 7 - Serial Number 107
September 2022
Pages 39-58

  • Receive Date 22 April 2022
  • Revise Date 03 August 2022
  • Accept Date 23 August 2022

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