Why can it sometimes feel as though half the population is living in a different moral universe from you? Why do ideas such as 'fairness' and 'freedom' mean such different things to different people? Why is it so easy to see the flaws in others' arguments, and less in our own? Jonathan Haidt, one of the world's most influential psychologists, reveals that the reason we find it so hard to get along is because our minds are designed to be moral. Not only that, we are hardwired to be moralistic, judgemental and self-righteous too. Our intrinsic morality enabled us to form communities and create civilization, and it is the key to understanding political and religious divisions. It explains why some of us are liberal, others conservative. It is often the difference between war and peace. It is also why we are the only species that will kill for an ideal. Drawing on moral psychology, ancient philosophy, modern politics, advertising and the semantics of bumper stickers, Haidt's incredibly wise and enjoyable book examines how morality evolved; why we are predisposed to believe certain things; how our surroundings can affect our morality; and how moral values are not just about justice and fairness - for some people authority, sanctity or loyalty are more important. Morality binds and blinds, but with new evidence from his own empirical research, Haidt shows that it is possible to liberate ourselves from the disputes that divide good people and cooperate with those whose morals differ from our own. After all, they might just have something to say.

全球百大思想傢、道德心理學的革命者 喬納森•海特（Jonathan Haidt）

● 2012 年被《外交政策》(Foreign Policy)評選為“全球百大思想傢”之一

● 2013 年被《展望》雜誌 (Prospect) 評選為“世界頂級思想傢”

● 他在 TED 大會上的演講點擊量超過 300 萬次

1992年獲得賓夕法尼亞大學心理學博士學位,在弗吉尼亞大學任教16年,獲得由州長頒發的弗吉尼亞州傑齣教授奬、洛剋菲勒客座教授傑齣教學奬。

積極心理學的先鋒派領袖，2001年獲得坦普爾頓積極心理學奬。

2011年, 加入紐約大學，任斯特恩商學院教授，主攻道德心理學、商業倫理以及復雜社會係統。

他和幾位科學傢一起創辦瞭YourMorals.org網站,通過對道德與政治心理學的研究,幫助人們認識道德心理學, 促進不同群體間的相互理解。

他的研究引發瞭美國民主黨和共和黨人的廣泛關注，著名脫口秀節目《科爾伯特報告》曾邀請他做嘉賓，《金融時報》、《人物》、《紐約時報》、《華爾街日報》、《科學》等知名媒體對他以及他的研究都進行瞭大篇幅報道。