Conversations with Tyler Jonathan Haidt on Morality, Politics, and Intellectual Diversity on Campus
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Mar 24, 2016 
Jonathan Haidt and Tyler Cowen explore morality’s “taste buds,” how political instincts shape everyday preferences, and why campus debates over free speech and diversity get so heated. They also discuss psychedelics, social psychology’s replication debate, and the dangers of forcing complicated human behavior into one neat theory.
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Politics Operates On Multiple Social Levels
- Political shifts happen at multiple social levels and national politics functions more like religion than local governance.
- Parties can become out of tune with voters when emerging social constructs no longer match moral intuitions.
Six Moral 'Taste Buds' Shape Culture
- Moral Foundations Theory proposes six innate 'moral taste buds' that cultures build on: care, fairness, loyalty, authority, sanctity, and liberty.
- Different societies emphasize different foundations, producing varied political and cultural systems.
Personality Predicts Political Style
- Political leanings reflect stable temperament traits: liberals score high on openness; conservatives higher on conscientiousness.
- These traits predict dress, room tidyness, career choices, and intellectual preferences.