Loyalty, respect for authority and some degree of sanctification create a more binding social order that places some limits on individualism and egoism.

Even if you have a brain predisposed to liberalism, you might end up with some conservative friends or find inspiring conservative role models who could be very influential on you, and that could send you...

Trying to run Congress without human relationships is like trying to run a car without motor oil. Should we be surprised when the whole thing freezes up?

Let me say it diplomatically: Most religions are tribal to some degree.

If you have high IQ, you’re really good at finding post-hoc arguments to support your feelings of truthiness.

Reasoning can take you wherever you want to go.

Groups create supernatural beings not to explain the universe but to order their societies.

I began graduate school in the late 1980s, and my goal was to understand how morality varied across cultures and nations. I did some research comparing moral judgment in India and the U.S.A.

Democrats talk about programs like Social Security or Medicare, but it’s not clear to most voters what Democrats’ core moral values are.

If you have a personality predisposed to liberalism, you might gravitate more to the artsy crowd or the anti-establishment crowd. And then those peers will affect you, and they will give you values, and you...

People are voting for the kind of country they want to live in, and there are different views about what kind of country we should have.

Everyone cares about fairness, but there are two major kinds. On the left, fairness often implies equality, but on the right it means proportionality —people should be rewarded in proportion to what they contribute, even...

Understanding the simple fact that morality differs around the world, and even within societies, is the first step toward understanding your righteous mind.

Politics is really religion. Politics is about sacredness. Politics is about offering a vision that will bind the nation together to pursue greatness.