“Groups create supernatural beings not to explain the universe but to order their societies.”
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A groundbreaking investigation into the origins of morality, which turns out to be the basis for religion and politics. The book explains the American culture wars and refutes the "New Atheists."
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Jonathan Haidt
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“Groups create supernatural beings not to explain the universe but to order their societies.”
“The very ritual practices that the New Atheists dismiss as costly, inefficient and irrational turn out to be a solution to one of the hardest problems humans face: cooperation without kinshi...”
“Anyone who values truth should stop worshipping reason.”
“Morality binds and blinds. This is not just something that happens to people on the other side. We all get sucked into tribal moral communities. We circle around sacred values and then share...”