# Prof. Jonathan Haidt discusses the psychology of morality

1 Faculty News June 12, 2014 ![NPR logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030855.jpg?itok=Ti1_93MD)>

Excerpt from [NPR](http://www.onbeing.org/program/jonathan-haidt-the-psychology-behind-morality/6341) -- "'When it comes to moral judgments,' \[[Haidt](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jonathan-haidt)\] says, 'we think we are scientists discovering the truth, but actually we are lawyers arguing for positions we arrived at by other means.'"

[Listen here](http://www.onbeing.org/program/jonathan-haidt-the-psychology-behind-morality/6341)