Jonathan Haidt The Psychology of Self-Righteousness
\u201cWhen it comes to moral judgments, we think we are scientists discovering the truth, but actually we are lawyers arguing for positions we arrived at by other means.\u201d The surprising psychology behind morality is at the heart of social psychologist Jonathan Haidt\u2019s research. He explains \u201cliberal\u201d and \u201cconservative\u201d not narrowly or necessarily as political affiliations, but as personality types \u2014 ways of moving through the world. His self-described \u201cconservative-hating, religion-hating, secular liberal instincts\u201d have been challenged by his own studies.