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The Moral Psychology of Politics
Swampland — ... time for our country, a time when the nation comes alive to do the one thing that has always defined us, to cast a free vote. And that is an emotional act. You can overhear it in the conversations at bars or in the office. You can hear it in the roar of arenas that the candidates fill. As Americans, we weigh the issues with our minds, but we tend to decide with our guts. Among those who vote, we care a great deal. I mention all this because I watched a lecture this morning by Jonathan Haidt, an associate professor at the University of Virginia who specializes in something ...

David Sloan Wilson: Science, Evolution, and Current Human Affairs
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... thinker, is happy to rush in where Massimo fears to tread. A political scientist by training, Larry's own political views are conservative and he seeks to provide an evolutionary justification for conservatism in his book Darwinian Conservatism and his blogs. There is nothing whatsoever wrong with this, as long as he agrees to be held accountable by the rules of science. His sparring partners include the liberal philosopher Peter Singer, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, and yours truly along with my former graduate student Ingrid Storm. Why ...