# The Righteous Mind ## Metadata * Author: [Jonathan Haidt](https://www.amazon.comundefined) * ASIN: B0052FF7YM * Reference: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0052FF7YM * [Kindle link](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B0052FF7YM) ## Highlights you think about moral reasoning as a skill we humans evolved to further our social agendas—to justify our own actions and to defend the teams we belong to—then things will make a lot more sense. — location: [97](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B0052FF7YM&location=97) ^ref-4863 --- Keep your eye on the intuitions, and don’t take people’s moral arguments at face value. They’re mostly post hoc constructions made up on the fly, crafted to advance one or more strategic objectives. — location: [98](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B0052FF7YM&location=98) ^ref-6441 --- People bind themselves into political teams that share moral narratives. Once they accept a particular narrative, they become blind to alternative moral worlds. — location: [128](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B0052FF7YM&location=128) ^ref-46898 --- Intuitions Come First, Strategic Reasoning Second — location: [159](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B0052FF7YM&location=159) ^ref-10505 ---