Jonathan Haidt

Jonathan Haidt is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He is a social psychologist who studies morality; his current research investigates how to apply moral psychology to improve the functioning of companies, universities, and other complex social systems. He co-founded Heterodox Academy in 2015, and is also a co-founder of EthicalSystems.org, YourMorals.org, and CivilPolitics.org. Haidt is the author of three books: The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom (2006), the New York Times bestseller, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion (2012), The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas are Setting Up a Generation for Failure (2018). Descriptions of his projects and lists of his publications can be found at RighteousMind.com.