# Professor Jonathan Haidt's work on the influence of morality on political viewpoints is referenced

1 Faculty News September 28, 2017 ![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/2017/09/28/opinion/trump-republicans-authoritarian.html) -- "In contrast to Republican primary voters who supported candidates other than Trump, they noted, voters who supported him 'score high on authority/loyalty/sanctity and low on care.' These voters, according to Ekins and [Haidt](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jonathan-haidt), 'are the true authoritarians — they value obedience while scoring low on compassion.'"

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