Making the World Better Through Psychology | Dr. Jonathan Haidt Interview

Описание: How do we develop moral foundations? Is freedom a necessary requirement to happiness? What is making the younger generation so anxious, and what can we do to best support their development? Is there room for objective truth and the existence of God in your worldview?

Dr. Jonathan Haidt, social psychologist and bestselling author, answers these questions and much more in this Praxis Circle interview.

LINKS:

The Happiness Hypothesis: https://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Hypo...
The Righteous Mind: https://www.amazon.com/Righteous-Mind...
The Coddling of the American Mind: https://www.amazon.com/Coddling-Ameri...
The Anxious Generation: https://www.amazon.com/Anxious-Genera...
Jonathan Haidt’s Website: https://jonathanhaidt.com/

CHAPTERS:

0:00 - Introduction
0:07 - New Book “The Anxious Generation” and the End of Play-Based Childhood
3:04 - How did a psychologist end up teaching at NYU’s business program?
6:38 - Business School: Where Pragmatism Reigns over Politics!
7:53 - Founding & Mission of Heterodox Academy: Viewpoint Diversity
10:59 - Growing Up Years & Journey to Becoming a Professor
14:07 - Is personality nature or nature?
16:05 - What’s your idea of a worldview, and do you have one?
19:29 - How do you define happiness?
20:45 - “The Happiness Hypothesis”: The Elephant Rider & the Divided Human Mind
23:57 - Can Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) change your worldview?
27:08 - What is the Happiness Hypothesis? (H = S + C + V)
31:08 - How important is freedom to human happiness? Do we need constraints/norms?
36:03 - Is understanding your worldview essential for happiness? No, except for some.
37:08 - Are you open to the idea of objective truth and the existence of God?
42:33 - Cross Talk about God
43:53 - “The Righteous Mind”: How did your invent Moral Foundations Theory?
50:16 - How do groups of people see the key Moral Foundations differently?
53:06 - The Moral Foundations of Liberals, Conservatives, and Libertarians
56:33 - How to persuade or disagree constructively using Moral Foundations Theory?
58:18 - What are the ideological blind spots for both the Right and Left?
1:01:43 - What kinds of criticism have you received about “The Righteous Mind”?
1:03:32 - “The Coddling of the American Mind”: 3 Untruths Harming Us and Universities
1:06:50 - Does biological sex matter in human social behavior and psychology?
1:09:16 - On “The Anxious Generation”: How can parents help the anxious generation?
1:11:35 - Cross Talk about Safetyism and Free Speech
1:12:45 - What does a free market need to be successful? Dynamism & Decency
1:15:21 - Human Nature and Bettering the World: Utopianism vs. Ameliorism
1:17:53 - Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the future of U.S. universities?

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