Kohlberg Memorial Lecture
Friday, November 9,
10:45 am – 12:15 pm
Moral psychology for the 21st
century
(Abstract available in conference program)
Jonathan Haidt,
the
Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership
at the
New York University Stern School of Business,
New York, New York, USA
Dr. Haidt will deliver the Kohlberg Memorial
Lecture as well as participate in a formal discussion session
with other members of AME.
www.JonathanHaidt.com
Jonathan
Haidt is the
Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership within the
Business and Society Program
at the
New York University Stern School of Business.
He received his B. A. from Yale University in 1985 and his Ph.D.
in Social Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in
1992. He then
did post-doctoral research at the University of Chicago and in
Orissa, India. His research focuses on morality – its emotional
foundations, cultural variations, and developmental course. He
began his career studying the negative
moral emotions, such as disgust, shame, and vengeance, but then
moved on to the understudied positive moral emotions, such as
admiration, awe, and moral elevation. This work got him involved
with the field of positive psychology, in which he has been a
leading researcher. He is the co-developer of Moral Foundations
theory, and of the research site
YourMorals.org. He uses his research to help people
understand and respect the moral motives of their enemies (see
CivilPolitics.org). He has won three teaching awards from
the University of Virginia, and one from the governor of
Virginia. He has spoken twice at the TED conference—once
on politics, once
on religion. He is the author of more than 80 academic
articles and two books: The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding
Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom, and
The Righteous Mind:
Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion.
