Yes, it is worth the read. Of course, Haith’s analysis quoted in the middle of the piecce is severely flawed. If “Liberals” really based their morality on “Harm/Care” the fact that leftist ideas inevitably lead to harm would give them pause. And, depending on what one means by “Fairness/Reciprocity”, one can argue that capitalist ideas are based on a notion of reciprocity and fairness, while the leveling impulse, while it embodies a notion of fairness absolutely denies reciprocity in human interaction.
Personally I think leftism is caused by a severe failure to understand economics—if economics were a zero-sum game and static rather than dynamic (the two errors leftists most commonly make) their ideas might arguably have some merit. Either that or, if new research holds up, it’s a result of defective dopamine receptors.
They don’t examine the results of their policies because the results don’t matter one bit to them.
Once they feel good about themselves for supporting policy X,
“mission accomplished” as far as they are concerned.
Pointing out the failures of those policies they support for their own self-aggrandizement is considered a personal attack, because it IS an attack on what makes them feel good about themselves.