Chris Hedges: The Righteous Road to Ruin (review of Haidt's book)

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2. Mr Haidt seems pretty terrifying.

Chris Hedges is probably my favorite contempory writer right now. He's good at writing stuff. I have only read his stuff online but I think maybe I'll read one of his books. Seems like it would be worthwhile. He has a really spiritual side too, in addition to the political side. I liked this bit -

The moral life is achieved only by fostering a radical individualism with altruism. The Christian Gospels call on us to love our neighbor not our tribe. Immanuel Kant says much the same thing when he tells us to “always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as mere means to your ends.” Morality is never the domain of crowds. And if you follow Haidt’s advice on how to become righteous you will, like so many of the self-deluded in history, end up a slave...