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The Righteous Mind, by Jonathan Haidt

The Book Pile

CHAPTER

The Circle of Life

A lion must eat dozens or hundreds of antelopes over the course of his slide. "It's a circle of life, but for most of you, it's a tiny, semi-circle," he says. A moral psychologist asked strangers if they would sign a form that read, I hereby sell my soul to Scott Murphy for $2. Only 23% of people signed; 37% drank apple juice with sterilized cockroach dipped in it.

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