# Prof. Jonathan Haidt on the effect of morality on government

1 Faculty News January 7, 2013 ![MSNBC logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030725.jpg?itok=1TPLKUHG)>

Excerpt from [MSNBC](http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/01/07/morality-partisanship-and-asteroids/) -- "In the face of great peril – at least, that’s what they tell us – these men and women elected ‘by the people’ are refusing to obey the will of the electorate. According to Haidt, this is the result of morality – which leads like-minded people to link up, and ignore their surroundings."

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