Jonathan Haidt

Jonathan Haidt

Professor, University of Virginia

Jonathan Haidt is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He is the author of The Righteous Mind and The Happiness Hypothesis.
4 min
Despite its faults, politics still gives Jonathan Haidt reason to hope.
4 min
Happiness requires more than extended periods of pleasure.
4 min
The Enlightenment’s focus on the individual has left us feeling all alone.
3 min
Because thinking is for doing, we search for evidence that supports our opinions, not the other way around.
1 min
No dysfunction needed: a normal childhood led to Jonathan Haidt’s exploration of happiness.
6 min
Philosophy does not explain the meaning of life, psychology does.
7 min
Jonathan Haidt speaks about happiness and how nothing is good or bad.