Reason is mainly used to justify and support those intuitive judgements.
The Elephant and the Rider: It feels like reason (the elephant rider) is driving our moral judgements, but in fact, our reactions to moral questions seem to be determined by intuitive judgements (the elephant).Haidt makes three claims, using three metaphors: You might think that your moral judgments are reasoned, but they are really driven by the “elephant” of our moral intuition, with reasons coming afterwards. The first part summarizes the book, and the second offers commentary.įeedback for this draft is welcome, about either form or content.
The book being reviewed is Jonathan Haidt's The Righteous Mind, released in 2012. The purposes of the commission include being used as a potential starting point for discussion on the new EA forum. Meta: This is a draft of a paid book review commissioned by CEA.
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