tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617569.post4352507408395725629..comments2024-03-27T02:13:58.088-07:00Comments on Integral Options Cafe: Jonathan Haidt on Political Bias in the Social Scienceswilliam harrymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981478282688361274noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617569.post-8819956572064090082011-02-16T10:34:03.135-07:002011-02-16T10:34:03.135-07:00"Maybe I would be getting a better education ..."Maybe I would be getting a better education if I were in one of those schools dominated by liberals."<br /><br />Well, it sounds as though Haidt is saying that you're possibly better off attending the school you are and being exposed to and challenged by ideas and mindsets presumably quite different from your own. <br /><br />As for the social science field being overwhelmingly "liberal," it makes sense to me that people attracted to the social sciences would embrace the "liberal" presupposition that we and our conduct are powerfully shaped by environmental socioeconomic factors and that these individuals would be interested in studying precisely how this works, and that such an outlook and research paradigm would not attract those who embrace the "conservative" view that we are largely self-determining agents who freely choose our own conduct and create our own happiness and unhappiness relatively independently of our socioeconomic environment.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02549770321948541384noreply@blogger.com