Jonathan Haidt

in which I was leaning towards, or is it driven more by reasoning about the facts of the matter, especially about harm, as Lawrence Kohlberg was the dominant researcher at the time. And since I'd been studying how morality varies across cultures, it just seemed like morality is about the body. And I ended up doing some research in India and reading a lot about Hinduism.

in which I was leaning towards, or is it driven more by reasoning about the facts of the matter, especially about harm, as Lawrence Kohlberg was the dominant researcher at the time. And since I'd been studying how morality varies across cultures, it just seemed like morality is about the body. And I ended up doing some research in India and reading a lot about Hinduism.

I'd always been interested in Hinduism. I'd always been interested in travel. And it just seemed like American or Western morality was just much more cerebral and divorced from the body. I wanted to make up a bunch of stories that would hit you in the gut immediately. And then you'd reach for evidence of harm and it's not there. What do you do? Yeah.

I'd always been interested in Hinduism. I'd always been interested in travel. And it just seemed like American or Western morality was just much more cerebral and divorced from the body. I wanted to make up a bunch of stories that would hit you in the gut immediately. And then you'd reach for evidence of harm and it's not there. What do you do? Yeah.

I'd always been interested in Hinduism. I'd always been interested in travel. And it just seemed like American or Western morality was just much more cerebral and divorced from the body. I wanted to make up a bunch of stories that would hit you in the gut immediately. And then you'd reach for evidence of harm and it's not there. What do you do? Yeah.

And so the first story I made up, a family's dog was killed by a car in front of their house. They had heard that dog meat was delicious. So they cut up the dog's body and they cooked it and ate it for dinner. Nobody saw them do this. What do you think? Was it okay for them to eat their dog? Yeah. Let me just first ask you, what's your first reaction, Monica?

And so the first story I made up, a family's dog was killed by a car in front of their house. They had heard that dog meat was delicious. So they cut up the dog's body and they cooked it and ate it for dinner. Nobody saw them do this. What do you think? Was it okay for them to eat their dog? Yeah. Let me just first ask you, what's your first reaction, Monica?

And so the first story I made up, a family's dog was killed by a car in front of their house. They had heard that dog meat was delicious. So they cut up the dog's body and they cooked it and ate it for dinner. Nobody saw them do this. What do you think? Was it okay for them to eat their dog? Yeah. Let me just first ask you, what's your first reaction, Monica?

Then what?

Then what?

Then what?

Maybe a show like The Good Place.

Maybe a show like The Good Place.

Maybe a show like The Good Place.

Wait, are you saying that if it was healthy? Right. As opposed to enjoyable? A superfood. A superfood. Why would that?

Wait, are you saying that if it was healthy? Right. As opposed to enjoyable? A superfood. A superfood. Why would that?

Wait, are you saying that if it was healthy? Right. As opposed to enjoyable? A superfood. A superfood. Why would that?

Almost everybody says it's wrong to eat your dog because it's like family, you have a relationship. The only exception is highly educated Westerners who do have a more harm-based morality and who do say, well, you know, it was their dog, they have a right to do it. Causing suffering, that would be terrible, but the dog's already dead.

Almost everybody says it's wrong to eat your dog because it's like family, you have a relationship. The only exception is highly educated Westerners who do have a more harm-based morality and who do say, well, you know, it was their dog, they have a right to do it. Causing suffering, that would be terrible, but the dog's already dead.

Almost everybody says it's wrong to eat your dog because it's like family, you have a relationship. The only exception is highly educated Westerners who do have a more harm-based morality and who do say, well, you know, it was their dog, they have a right to do it. Causing suffering, that would be terrible, but the dog's already dead.