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This is Your Brain On Politics: Why people believe what they want to believe, and deny science selectively. with JONATHAN MORENO & JONATHAN HAIDT moderated by S. MATTHEW LIAO NYU Bookstore Event Series 726 BROADWAY NEW YORK, NY 10003 www.bookstores.nyu.edu Find. Meet. Explore. NYU Bookstore THURSDAY, MARCH 29 6:30-8:00PM Jonathan Moreno is David and Lyn Silfen University Professor of Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania, and author of The Body Politic: The Battle Over Science in America (BLP, 2012) and Mind Wars: Brain Science and the Military in the 21st Century (BLP pap. ed., 2012). S. Matthew Liao is Director of the Bioethics Program, Associate Professor in the Center for Bioethics, and Affiliated Professor in the Department of Philosophy at New York University. Jonathan Haidt is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia. He’s the author of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion (Pantheon, 2012) and Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom (Basic Books, 2006). CO-SPONSORED BY The Bellevue Literary Press

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Page 1: NYU Bookstore Event Series › files › brain-on-politics1.pdf · Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion (Pantheon, 2012) and Happiness Hypothesis:

This is Your Brain On Politics:Why people believe what they

want to believe, and denyscience selectively.

FRIDAY SEPT. 235pm - 6:30pm

withJONATHAN MORENO & JONATHAN HAIDT

moderated byS. MATTHEW LIAO

NYUBookstoreEvent Series

726 BROADWAYNEW YORK, NY 10003

www.bookstores.nyu.eduFind.Meet.Explore.NYU Bookstore

THURSDAY, MARCH 29 6:30-8:00PM

Jonathan Moreno is David and Lyn Silfen UniversityProfessor of Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania,and author of The Body Politic: The Battle OverScience in America (BLP, 2012) and Mind Wars:Brain Science and the Military in the 21st Century(BLP pap. ed., 2012).

S. Matthew Liao is Director of the Bioethics Program,Associate Professor in the Center for Bioethics, andA�liated Professor in the Department of Philosophyat New York University.

Jonathan Haidt is a Professor of Psychology atthe University of Virginia. He’s the author of TheRighteous Mind: Why Good People are Dividedby Politics and Religion (Pantheon, 2012) andHappiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth inAncient Wisdom (Basic Books, 2006).

CO-SPONSORED BYThe Bellevue Literary Press