# Professor Jonathan Haidt's Moral Foundations Theory is referenced

1 Faculty News January 18, 2017 ![Huffington Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/huffpost192x144.jpg?itok=sF2Y0c9v)>

Excerpt from [The Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/587ffcf8e4b0aa1c47ac2817?timestamp=1484786180460&section=us_world) -- "[Haidt](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jonathan-haidt) outlines six moral foundations the 'elephant' part of us uses to determine whether we agree with an action or idea. These foundations are inextricable from their opposites. They include: Care/Harm, Fairness/Cheating, Loyalty/Betrayal, Authority/Subversion, Sanctity/Degradation and Liberty/Oppression."

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