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Lawyer, Bargen Brown LLP (imageTagRight)I usually keep a couple of books on the go. The “smart” book — the one that I want people to know I’m reading — is Jonathan Haidt’s The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion. It was first published in 2012; I purchased it after watching a Ted talk by Haidt. It’s social psychology and deals with morality as it pertains to politics and religion in the modern world. As a conservative, I often find myself being challenged by progressive friends to justify my beliefs. The book explores a lot of the reasons why people often fail to understand or recognize that morality is very subjective.

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Lawyer, Bargen Brown LLP

I usually keep a couple of books on the go. The “smart” book — the one that I want people to know I’m reading — is Jonathan Haidt’s The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion. It was first published in 2012; I purchased it after watching a Ted talk by Haidt. It’s social psychology and deals with morality as it pertains to politics and religion in the modern world. As a conservative, I often find myself being challenged by progressive friends to justify my beliefs. The book explores a lot of the reasons why people often fail to understand or recognize that morality is very subjective.

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