Social reality is so complicated that, once you join one team or the other, you become specialized in detecting certain patterns, but you become blind to other patterns.
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I began graduate school in the late 1980s, and my goal was to understand how morality varied across cultures and nations. I did some research comparing moral judgment in India and the U.S.A.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote reflects the author's pursuit of understanding the diversity of moral values across different cultures.
Jonathan Haidt's quote captures his academic journey into the exploration of morality as it manifests in various cultural contexts. By comparing moral judgments in India and the U.S.A., he emphasizes the importance of recognizing and understanding how ethical standards can differ significantly depending on cultural backgrounds, highlighting the complexity of moral psychology and its implications for global discourse.
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MoralityCultureEthicsJudgmentResearch
In practice
Example use cases
In a lecture on cultural ethics, this quote can serve to discuss the importance of understanding moral diversity.
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