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In his widely praised book, award-winning psychologist Jonathan
Haidt examines the world's philosophical wisdom through the lens of
psychological science, showing how a deeper understanding of
enduring maxims-like Do unto others as you would have others do
unto you, or What doesn't kill you makes you stronger-can enrich
and even transform our lives.
Every culture hands wisdom down through generations. What doesn't
kill you makes you stronger. What you do not wish for yourself, do
not do to others. Happiness comes from within. Can these 'truths'
hold the key to a happier, more fulfilled life? In The Happiness
Hypothesis, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt examines ten Great
Ideas which have been championed across centuries and civilisations
and asks: how can we apply these ideas to our twenty-first century
lives? By holding ancient wisdom to the test of modern psychology,
Haidt extracts lessons on how we can train our brains to be more
optimistic, build better relationships and achieve a sense of
balance. He also explores how we can overcome the obstacles to
well-being that we place in our own way. In this uplifting and
empowering book, Haidt draws on sources as diverse as Buddha,
Benjamin Franklin and Shakespeare to show how we can find happiness
and meaning in life. 'I don't think I ever read a book that laid
out the contemporary understanding of the human condition with such
simple clarity and sense.' Guardian
New York Times Bestseller * Finalist for the 2018 National Book
Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction * A New York Times Notable Book
* Bloomberg Best Book of 2018 "Their distinctive contribution to
the higher-education debate is to meet safetyism on its own,
psychological turf . . . Lukianoff and Haidt tell us that safetyism
undermines the freedom of inquiry and speech that are indispensable
to universities." -Jonathan Marks, Commentary "The remedies the
book outlines should be considered on college campuses, among
parents of current and future students, and by anyone longing for a
more sane society." -Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Something has been
going wrong on many college campuses in the last few years.
Speakers are shouted down. Students and professors say they are
walking on eggshells and are afraid to speak honestly. Rates of
anxiety, depression, and suicide are rising-on campus as well as
nationally. How did this happen? First Amendment expert Greg
Lukianoff and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt show how the new
problems on campus have their origins in three terrible ideas that
have become increasingly woven into American childhood and
education: What doesn't kill you makes you weaker; always trust
your feelings; and life is a battle between good people and evil
people. These three Great Untruths contradict basic psychological
principles about well-being and ancient wisdom from many cultures.
Embracing these untruths-and the resulting culture of
safetyism-interferes with young people's social, emotional, and
intellectual development. It makes it harder for them to become
autonomous adults who are able to navigate the bumpy road of life.
Lukianoff and Haidt investigate the many social trends that have
intersected to promote the spread of these untruths. They explore
changes in childhood such as the rise of fearful parenting, the
decline of unsupervised, child-directed play, and the new world of
social media that has engulfed teenagers in the last decade. They
examine changes on campus, including the corporatization of
universities and the emergence of new ideas about identity and
justice. They situate the conflicts on campus within the context of
America's rapidly rising political polarization and dysfunction.
This is a book for anyone who is confused by what is happening on
college campuses today, or has children, or is concerned about the
growing inability of Americans to live, work, and cooperate across
party lines.
The New York Times bestseller Financial Times, TLS, Evening
Standard, New Statesman Books of the Year 'Excellent, their advice
is sound . . . liberal parents, in particular, should read it'
Financial Times Have good intentions, over-parenting and the
decline in unsupervised play led to the emergence of modern
identity politics and hypersensitivity? In this book, free speech
campaigner Greg Lukianoff and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt
investigate a new cultural phenomenon of "safetyism", beginning on
American college campuses in 2014 and spreading throughout academic
institutions in the English-speaking world. Looking at the
consequences of paranoid parenting, the increase in anxiety and
depression amongst students and the rise of new ideas about
justice, Lukianoff and Haidt argue that well-intended but misguided
attempts to protect young people are damaging their development and
mental health, the functioning of educational systems and even
democracy itself.
As America descends deeper into polarization and paralysis,
social psychologist Jonathan Haidt""has done the seemingly
impossible--challenged conventional thinking about morality,
politics, and religion in a way that speaks to everyone on the
political spectrum. Drawing on his twenty five years of
groundbreaking research on moral psychology, he shows how moral
judgments arise not from reason but from gut feelings. He shows why
liberals, conservatives, and libertarians have such different
intuitions about right and wrong, and he shows why each side is
actually right about many of its central concerns. In this subtle
yet accessible book, Haidt gives you the key to understanding the
miracle of human cooperation, as well as the curse of our eternal
divisions and conflicts. If you're ready to trade in anger for
understanding, read "The Righteous Mind."
'A landmark contribution to humanity's understanding of itself' The
New York Times Why can it sometimes feel as though half the
population is living in a different moral universe? Why do ideas
such as 'fairness' and 'freedom' mean such different things to
different people? Why is it so hard to see things from another
viewpoint? Why do we come to blows over politics and religion?
Jonathan Haidt reveals that we often find it hard to get along
because our minds are hardwired to be moralistic, judgemental and
self-righteous. He explores how morality evolved to enable us to
form communities, and how moral values are not just about justice
and equality - for some people authority, sanctity or loyalty
matter more. Morality binds and blinds, but, using his own
research, Haidt proves it is possible to liberate ourselves from
the disputes that divide good people.
Most people, including philosophers, tend to classify human
motives as falling into one of two categories: the egoistic or the
altruistic, the self-interested or the moral. According to Susan
Wolf, however, much of what motivates us does not comfortably fit
into this scheme. Often we act neither for our own sake nor out of
duty or an impersonal concern for the world. Rather, we act out of
love for objects that we rightly perceive as worthy of love--and it
is these actions that give meaning to our lives. Wolf makes a
compelling case that, along with happiness and morality, this kind
of meaningfulness constitutes a distinctive dimension of a good
life. Written in a lively and engaging style, and full of
provocative examples, "Meaning in Life and Why It Matters" is a
profound and original reflection on a subject of permanent human
concern.
Under what conditions will people tell the truth, behave fairly and act
with purpose at work? And when will they lie, cheat and be selfish?
Based on 15 years of research, To Be Honest explains how four factors
(Clear Identity, Accountability, Governance and Cross-Functional
Relationships) affect honesty, justice and purpose within a company.
When these factors are absent or ineffective, the organizational
conditions compel employees to choose dishonesty and self-interest. But
when done well, the organization is 16 times more likely to have people
tell the truth, behave fairly and serve a greater good.
To Be Honest shares the stories of leaders who have acted with purpose,
honesty and justice even when it was difficult to do so. In-depth
interviews with CEOs and senior executives from exemplar companies such
as Patagonia, Cabot Creamery, Microsoft and others reveal what it takes
to build purpose-driven companies of honesty and justice. Interviews
with thought leaders like Jonathan Haidt, Amy Edmondson, Dan Ariely and
James Detert offer rich insights on how leaders can become more honest
and purposeful. You'll learn how Hubert Joly took Best Buy from a
company on the brink of bankruptcy to one that is profitable, thriving
and purposeful.
Filled with real-life examples, To Be Honest offers actionable steps,
practical tools and approaches that any leader or manager can use to
create a culture of purpose, honesty and justice.
Why can't our political leaders work together as threats loom and
problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the
motives of their fellow citizens? In The Righteous Mind, social
psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions
and points the way forward to mutual understanding. His starting
point is moral intuition-the nearly instantaneous perceptions we
all have about other people and the things they do. These
intuitions feel like self-evident truths, making us righteously
certain that those who see things differently are wrong. Haidt
shows us how these intuitions differ across cultures, including the
cultures of the political left and right. He blends his own
research findings with those of anthropologists, historians, and
other psychologists to draw a map of the moral domain, and he
explains why conservatives can navigate that map more skillfully
than can liberals. He then examines the origins of morality,
overturning the view that evolution made us fundamentally selfish
creatures. But rather than arguing that we are innately altruistic,
he makes a more subtle claim-that we are fundamentally groupish. It
is our groupishness, he explains, that leads to our greatest joys,
our religious divisions, and our political affiliations. In a
stunning final chapter on ideology and civility, Haidt shows what
each side is right about, and why we need the insights of liberals,
conservatives, and libertarians to flourish as a nation.
In The Morality Wars, contributors from religious and non-religious
backgrounds debate the origin and nature of human goodness. While
the subject is often addressed by prominent figures on both sides
of the believer/atheist divide on public platforms and social
media, participants seldom get the opportunity to explain their
viewpoints in depth. In addition to engaging the traditional
conflict between science and religious faith over the content and
nature of the moral conscience, the contributors also draw on and
engage with figures who are often neglected when committed
theologians and atheists debate each other, such as Sigmund Freud,
Friedrich Nietzsche, David Hume, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Jacques
Lacan.
In The Morality Wars, contributors from religious and non-religious
backgrounds debate the origin and nature of human goodness. While
the subject is often addressed by prominent figures on both sides
of the believer/atheist divide on public platforms and social
media, participants seldom get the opportunity to explain their
viewpoints in depth. In addition to engaging the question of the
role of religious faith or its absence in the development of the
moral conscience, the contributors draw on and engage with
philosophers and other thinkers who are often neglected when
committed theologians and atheists debate each other, such as
Sigmund Freud, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Jacques Lacan.
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