Jonathan Haidt

Oh, because he didn't have the relationship with the stranger. Yeah. So I'm going to guess that you're on the left politically. I am. Yeah. Okay.

There's a line from the philosopher Leon Kass, a really brilliant writer on matters of ethics. But he has a line, shallow are the souls that have forgotten how to shudder. I spent a year at Princeton in 2007 to 8. It was a really wonderful year. And Kass came and he gave a set of lectures. He considers himself a sort of liberal from the old days.

There's a line from the philosopher Leon Kass, a really brilliant writer on matters of ethics. But he has a line, shallow are the souls that have forgotten how to shudder. I spent a year at Princeton in 2007 to 8. It was a really wonderful year. And Kass came and he gave a set of lectures. He considers himself a sort of liberal from the old days.

There's a line from the philosopher Leon Kass, a really brilliant writer on matters of ethics. But he has a line, shallow are the souls that have forgotten how to shudder. I spent a year at Princeton in 2007 to 8. It was a really wonderful year. And Kass came and he gave a set of lectures. He considers himself a sort of liberal from the old days.

And he feels that things have moved so that he's now on the right. But he is more on sort of the right philosophically. And Peter Singer, the Australian philosopher who is more on the left, he's a brilliant utilitarian philosopher. I love both men. One of the greatest days of my academic life was CASP was giving three talks on three days.

And he feels that things have moved so that he's now on the right. But he is more on sort of the right philosophically. And Peter Singer, the Australian philosopher who is more on the left, he's a brilliant utilitarian philosopher. I love both men. One of the greatest days of my academic life was CASP was giving three talks on three days.

And he feels that things have moved so that he's now on the right. But he is more on sort of the right philosophically. And Peter Singer, the Australian philosopher who is more on the left, he's a brilliant utilitarian philosopher. I love both men. One of the greatest days of my academic life was CASP was giving three talks on three days.

And there was a lunch at the faculty club and I was visiting as a scholar. And so there's a bunch of us around and it was like Singer on one side, CASP on the other. These two men with completely opposed worldviews. So Singer would say, it's fine on any of these. If you're not harming anyone, that's all there is, is harm to sentient creatures, including animals.

And there was a lunch at the faculty club and I was visiting as a scholar. And so there's a bunch of us around and it was like Singer on one side, CASP on the other. These two men with completely opposed worldviews. So Singer would say, it's fine on any of these. If you're not harming anyone, that's all there is, is harm to sentient creatures, including animals.

And there was a lunch at the faculty club and I was visiting as a scholar. And so there's a bunch of us around and it was like Singer on one side, CASP on the other. These two men with completely opposed worldviews. So Singer would say, it's fine on any of these. If you're not harming anyone, that's all there is, is harm to sentient creatures, including animals.

So I think you're more on the singer side. Yeah. And caste is more beloved by, say, Catholic intellectuals or those who are theorizing about, well, why shouldn't gay people marry? Or there's a lot more than just.

So I think you're more on the singer side. Yeah. And caste is more beloved by, say, Catholic intellectuals or those who are theorizing about, well, why shouldn't gay people marry? Or there's a lot more than just.

So I think you're more on the singer side. Yeah. And caste is more beloved by, say, Catholic intellectuals or those who are theorizing about, well, why shouldn't gay people marry? Or there's a lot more than just.

Right. Like humanity.

Right. Like humanity.

Right. Like humanity.

Yeah. If it's in a religious context, it makes sense. If you believe, as most religions do, that we are children of God, we are created by God, we carry some essence inside of us, whether you're Christian or Hindu or Jewish, there's a sense that your body is either on loan or a gift from God. And so you shouldn't act in ways that defile it. Right. Or eat it. Eat God's child. Exactly. God's child.

Yeah. If it's in a religious context, it makes sense. If you believe, as most religions do, that we are children of God, we are created by God, we carry some essence inside of us, whether you're Christian or Hindu or Jewish, there's a sense that your body is either on loan or a gift from God. And so you shouldn't act in ways that defile it. Right. Or eat it. Eat God's child. Exactly. God's child.

Yeah. If it's in a religious context, it makes sense. If you believe, as most religions do, that we are children of God, we are created by God, we carry some essence inside of us, whether you're Christian or Hindu or Jewish, there's a sense that your body is either on loan or a gift from God. And so you shouldn't act in ways that defile it. Right. Or eat it. Eat God's child. Exactly. God's child.

Exactly. That's right. Treating it like just a piece of meat is defiling it. So if you're in a religious context, it makes perfect sense. And if you're an atheist or secular, it doesn't. And I asked Cass, I was able to talk to him afterwards alone. I said, so do you believe in God? And he said, well, it depends what you mean. You know, as many Jewish intellectuals, I'm Jewish. It's like, well.