I) Here is some recent press coverage of my work:
The Today Show, NBC, 2/28/06. Interview about The Happiness Hypothesis, with Anne Curry.
The New Yorker, 2/27/06. Review of The Happiness Hypothesis, by John Lanchester
Nature, 5/4/06. Review of The Happiness Hypothesis, by Daniel Nettle. [subscription or library account needed]
New York Times, 5/7/06, "Marshmallows and public policy," by David Brooks.
New York Times, 12/3/06. "Teaching the elephant," by David Brooks.
New York Times, 2/12/07. "Across the great divide: Investigating links between personality and politics," by Patricia Cohen.
Nature, 6/14/07. "The Depths of Disgust," by Dan Jones.
New York Times, 9/18/07. “Is 'do unto others' written into our genes?” Front page article in Science section, by Nicholas Wade.
New York Times, 12/28/07. "The Sidney awards II," by David Brooks.
New York Times Magazine, 1/13/08. “The moral instinct,” by Steven Pinker.
New York Times Book Review, 2/3/08. "Morality studies," by Paul Bloom
Prospect Magazine (UK), April 2008. "The emerging moral psychology", by Dan Jones.
New York Times, 5/13/08. "The neural buddhists," by David Brooks
Science, 5/9/08. "The roots of morality," by Greg Miller
Slate, 12/3/08. “Obama in your heart,” By Emily Yoffe
Nature, 2/12/09, "Human nature: The remix," by Dan Jones. [subscription or library account needed]
NBC Nightly News, 3/17/09, story on how people are doing good deeds during the recession
New York Times, 4/7/09. "The End of Philosophy," by David Brooks.
Miller-McCune, April 2009, "Morals Authority," by Tom Jacobs.
New York Times, 5/27/09, "Would you slap your father? If so, you're a liberal," by Nicholas Kristoff
New York Times, 7/1/09, "When our brains short circuit," by Nicholas Kristoff
II) Here are some short pieces I have written for non-academic outlets:
The Spirit of Dharmacracy. Los Angeles Times, Op-Ed article, January 14, 2007
Honey I Shrunk the President. Los Angeles Times, Op-Ed article, December 16, 2007
Obama’s moral majority. Prospect (UK), February 2009
Moral Psychology and the Healthcare Debate (on TED Blog, 2009)
III) Here are some talks I have given on politics and morality, available online:
lecture on morality and politics at the New Yorker 2012 conference, May 8, 2007 (15 minutes followed by discussion)
lecture on morality and religion at the Beyond Belief II conference, Nov. 2007 (30 minutes)
12 short clips at www.BigThink.com, 2008
Bloggingheads.tv, discussion with Will Wilkinson, 2008
Bloggingheads.tv, discussion with Joshua Knobe, 2008
***Most important lecture: at TED conference, Feb. 2008, here, or in the box below
Lecture on leadership and ethics (and hive psychology) at the University of Richmond, Donchian Symposium on the Ethical Challenges of Leadership, March 5, 2008
Lecture on moral psychology and cautions for scientists making policy prescriptions, given at the Beyond Belief III conference, La Jolla, Oct. 2008
Panel discussion with David Brooks, Michael Gazzaniga, and Steven Quartz, on evolution and morality, March 4, 2009
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