# Prof. Jonathan Haidt discusses culture wars with Institute for American Values' David Blankenhorn

1 Faculty News June 8, 2013 ![Huffington Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/huffpost192x144.jpg?itok=sF2Y0c9v)>

Excerpt from [The Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-blankenhorn/gay-marriage-debate_b_3408692.html) -- "...[Haidt](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jonathan-haidt) offers a genuinely fresh analysis of today's culture wars. My favorite bit: about halfway through the conversation, he shows that the intuition (the gut reaction) comes first, and the reasoning follows behind, largely to serve and protect the intuition."

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