Conservatives tend to see the world more in terms of good-versus-evil and, for some of them, the nightmare is a disarmed citizenry that can be preyed upon by criminals. They know that having a gun in the house would increase the risk of an accident for a member of their family, but they're willing to take that risk.
Jonathan HaidtMorality binds and blinds. It binds us into ideological teams that fight each other as though the fate of the world depended on our side winning each battle. It blinds us to the fact that each team is composed of good people who have something important to say.
Jonathan HaidtHappiness can only be found within, by breaking attachments to external things and cultivating an attitude of acceptance.
Jonathan HaidtLegalizing homosexuality is not the first step on a slippery slope to legalizing everything.
Jonathan HaidtIt only takes twenty generations of selective breeding to create large differences or appearance and behavior in other mammals.
Jonathan Haidt