--- description: Jonathan Haidt is the Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University Stern School of Business. His most recent book is The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jonathan Haidt ## Jonathan Haidt Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jonathan Haidt is the Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University Stern School of Business. His most recent book is _The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion_. ## Jonathan Haidt Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jul 18, 2026 ### [What the World Should Learn from Australia’s Social Media Law](https://time.com/article/2026/07/18/the-world-should-learn-from-australia-s-social-media-law/) Half a year since Australia restricted social media companies from providing accounts to kids under ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 24, 2021 ### [How to Talk to People You Don't Agree With at Thanksgiving](https://time.com/6123239/politics-conversation-thanksgiving/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 1, 2021 ### [This Voting System Might Help U.S. Democracy](https://time.com/6112318/american-democracy-final-five-voting/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 13, 2021 ### [How to Reunite a Divided America](https://time.com/5954170/partisanship-how-to-reunite-america/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 18, 2014 ### [It's True: Liberals Like Cats More Than Conservatives Do](https://time.com/8293/its-true-liberals-like-cats-more-than-conservatives-do/) Preferences for pets or particular kinds of food can accurately predict partisanship, research from ... [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Feb 13, 2014 ### [How Your Personality May Reveal Your Politics](https://time.com/7060/how-your-personality-may-reveal-your-politics/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jan 9, 2014 ### [Can TIME Predict Your Politics?](https://time.com/510/can-time-predict-your-politics/) See how your preferences in dogs, Internet browsers, and 10 other items predict your partisan leanin... [POLITICS](/section/politics/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/jonathan-haidt/","name":"Jonathan Haidt"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/jonathan-haidt/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/jonathan-haidt/"},"name":"Jonathan Haidt","jobTitle":"","description":"Jonathan Haidt is the Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University Stern School of Business. His most recent book is The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion.","url":"https://time.com/author/jonathan-haidt/","sameAs":["https://x.com/JonHaidt"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```