Jonathan Haidt
NYU Stern social psychologist; author of The Righteous Mind and The Anxious Generation.
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- Jonathan Haidt is an American social psychologist who studies morality and moral emotions.
- He holds the Thomas Cooley Chair in Ethical Leadership at NYU's Stern School of Business.
- He developed moral foundations theory.
- His books include The Happiness Hypothesis, The Righteous Mind and The Anxious Generation (2024); some of his conclusions and methods are controversial.
Key facts
- Role
- Professor of business and society, Thomas Cooley Chair in Ethical Leadership, NYU Stern, from 20111
- Earlier
- University of Virginia psychology department, 1995 to 20111
- Born
- 19 Oct 19631
- Education
- B.A. in philosophy, Yale (1985); PhD in psychology, University of Pennsylvania (1992)1
- Books
- The Happiness Hypothesis (2006); The Righteous Mind (2012); The Coddling of the American Mind (2018, with Greg Lukianoff); The Anxious Generation (2024)1
- Co-founded
- Ethical Systems (2013); Heterodox Academy (2015)1
Connections
Related
- Greg LukianoffPerson
co-authors of The Coddling of the American Mind (2018) 1
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