Posted: May 26th, 2017

Haidt claims that a biological tendency towards reciprocity in humans is a major factor in creating cruelty and violence among humans; but he says we can also capitalize on this tendency as a means to reduce these problems.

Haidt claims that a biological tendency towards reciprocity in humans is a major factor in creating cruelty and violence among humans; but he says we can also capitalize on this tendency as a means to reduce these problems. What are some of his suggestions for how this might be done? Would the reactive devaluation bias described by Kahneman and Renshon present a problem for Haidt’s suggestion?