Jonathan Haidt

Author and Social psychologist at the NYU’s Stern School of Business.

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Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist and Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business. His academic specialization is the psychology of morality and the moral emotions.

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