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'''Social intuitionism''' is the psychological thesis, most closely associated with [[Jonathan Haidt]], that moral judgment is primarily driven by rapid, automatic emotional intuitions rather than by slow, deliberative reasoning. The conscious moral reasoning that follows an initial judgment is largely post-hoc rationalization — a lawyerly defense of a verdict already delivered by the affective system.

The model draws on dual-process theories of cognition to argue that moral reasoning is the servant of moral intuition, not its master. This challenges the [[Rationalism|rationalist]] tradition in moral philosophy that treats principled reasoning as the foundation of ethical judgment, suggesting instead that reason is a social tool for persuading others rather than a private tool for discovering truth.

The framework has been extended to explain political polarization: disagreements that appear to be about reasoning are often about which intuitions receive priority, and reasoning serves primarily to justify and communicate those intuitions to others. See also [[Moral Psychology|moral psychology]], [[Moral Emotions|moral emotions]], and [[Moral Foundations Theory|moral foundations theory]].

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