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Revealing the origins of morality -- good and evil, liberal and conservative
05-17-2007 · EurekAlert!In a review to be published in the May 18 issue of the journal Science, a University of Virginia social-psychologist, discusses a new consensus scientists are reaching on the origins and mechanisms of morality. Haidt shows how evolutionary, neurological and social-psychological insights are being synthesized. "Putting these three principles together forces us to re-evaluate many of our most cherished notions about ourselves," says Haidt, whose research demonstrates that people generally follow their gut feelings and make up moral reasons afterwards.
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