I did say that in-group, authority and purity are necessary for the maintenance of order, but I would never give them a blanket endorsement.

Happiness requires changing yourself and changing your world. It requires pursuing your own goals and fitting in with others. Different people at different times in their lives will benefit from drawing more heavily on one approach or the other.

People are wrong when they say that everything should be more diverse, even, say, rock bands. It's an error, an overgeneralization.

In college, I was dead set on being a philosophy major, because I wanted to figure out the meaning of life. Four years later I realized philosophy had really nothing to say about the meaning of life, and psychology and literature are really where it's at.

If I believe that abortion is wrong, and I want to convince you that it's wrong, there's no reason I should recount to you my personal narrative of how I came to believe this.

The rider evolved to serve to the elephant.

Understanding the simple fact that morality differs around the world, and even within societies, is the first step toward understanding your righteous mind.