# Professor Jonathan Haidt's book, "The Righteous Mind," is highlighted

1 Faculty News January 23, 2018 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/opinion/conservative-identity-politics.html) -- "As the social psychologist [Jonathan Haidt](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jonathan-haidt) concluded in his 2012 book, 'The Righteous Mind,' if we have 'affection, admiration, or desire to please' other people, we lean toward them and attempt to 'find the truth' in their arguments. Social proximity matters."

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