Ideology, Psychology, and Law

Essays exploring how what we often experience as objective reasoning is influenced by hidden psychological and ideological forces, including cognitive bias and system justification, the tendency to unconsciously defend and reinforce existing social, economic, and political systems.

The collection argues that recognizing these hidden influences helps us think more critically and become more aware of the assumptions that shape our worldview. Edited by the guest of Conversations ep. 4.

Jon Hanson is the Alfred Smart Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and founder of the Systemic Justice Project. The guest of Conversations ep. 4.