# Professor Jonathan Haidt illustrates the different belief systems of liberals and conservatives

1 Faculty News November 11, 2015 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/11/opinion/campaign-stops/how-much-do-black-lives-matter-to-the-presidential-campaign.html?_r=0) -- "[Jonathan Haidt](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jonathan-haidt), a professor of social psychology at N.Y.U., noted in an email that for liberals, 'compassion for those who are suffering is the most crucial virtue.' Conservatives, in contrast, 'believe more in "just deserts" and making criminals pay.'"

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