Seriously, Read a Book!

Recommended required reading:

Before I begin anything that bears even a slight resemblance to a review, I want to say that I am incredibly grateful that a friend (a real, live human one at that) suggested I read (or re-read, as it were) Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow before taking on Haidt's oevre. I wholeheartedly endorse the aforementioned recommendation, so do with that what you will.

Excuses, excuses:

I am absolutely committed to reviewing this book...at some point. Jonathan Haidt does an excellent job of using analogies to help his readers understand lofty propositions in moral philosophy. For example, he likens the five dimensions of moral foundations theory* to taste receptors on the tongue. 

I was feeling clever (and in the mood for a bit of procrastination) and thought: 

"Hey Mara- maybe you should be super cool and awesome and do a quick illustration of moral foundations as tastebuds." 

"Good thinking Other Mara, your ideas are always great and never take unexpected and/or detrimental turns, let's do it!" 

Well, shock me, shock me- turns out that both Mara and Other Mara were quite rusty in their illustrator skills, and it took an inordinately long amount of time, with less than satisfying results. But, since the collective Maras wasted their time, here is our "moral taste buds tongue" for you to ogle while they get some big kid work done and (hopefully soon) write a real review. 

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*  He adds a sixth, ultimately, but that's a tale for another time. 

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