The Righteous Mind — Crisis in Perception Deep Dive (Politics & Religion)

Crisis in Perception · Dec 19, 2025 · 28m

Welcome to Crisis in Perception.In this Deep Dive, we explore The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt — a foundational work in moral psychology that explains why intelligent, well-intentioned people can arrive at radically different moral and political conclusions.Rather than seeing morality as a product of careful reasoning, Haidt argues that moral intuition comes first, with reasoning often serving as post-hoc justification. This episode unpacks the Social Intuitionist Model, the Moral Foundations Theory, and the psychological mechanisms that drive political polarization, religious cohesion…