By a show of hands, how would those present describe their political orientation? First came the liberals: a “sea of hands,” comprising about eighty per cent of the room, Haidt later recalled. Next, the centrists or moderates. Twenty hands. Next, the libertarians. Twelve hands. And last, the conservatives. Three hands. Social psychology, Haidt went on, had an obvious problem: a lack of political diversity that was every bit as dangerous as a lack of, say, racial or religious or gender diversity. It discouraged conservative students from joining the field, and it discouraged conservative members from pursuing certain lines of argument. It also introduced bias into research questions, methodology, and, ultimately, publications. Nothing new there. What IS new, is a liberal recognition of the fact. Congrats to Jonathan Haidt! And the passage is straight from his brilliant 2012 book - The Righteous Mind.
Posted on: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 17:45:17 +0000
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