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Sam Harris "Who Says Science Has Nothing To Say About Morality?"

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- Tue, 02/08/2011 - 01:30

Sam Harris Who Says Science Has Nothing To Say About Morality?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm2Jrr0tRXk

 

Endorsed by the ever-vigilant Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris (in the words of  Ian McEwan) "breathes intellectual fire" as he talks about that age old philosophical conundrum. 

Rest assured, however, this is no re-hash of old Greek ideas about the nature of human ethics. This is a cutting edge scientific look at the nature of human morality, through fMRI and neurology. 

Although scientific in backround, Sam Harris doesn't just dabble in the numerical empirical; he goes enormous lengths to re-define morality at the very core of it's meaning. He does this beautifully. 

So, let your own ideas of morality aside and prepare to have them redefined! 
 

I should say, although I won't digress, The Moral Landscape is Sam Harris' new book, which can be found here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Moral-Landscape-Sam-Harris/dp/0593064860/ref=sr_...

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