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Prof. Jonathan Haidt's research on morality is cited

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Excerpt from The Atlantic -- "Many people will tell you that flag burning, the eating of a deceased pet, and consensual sex between adult siblings are wrong, but when pressed to explain why, they suffer what Jonathan Haidt has described as 'moral dumbfounding.' They flail around trying to find reasons, which suggests it’s not the reasons themselves that guided their judgments, but their gut intuition."

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