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In Support of a Scientific Morality

By BlackSun / May 4, 2010 / Critical Thought, Psychology / 20

In Support of a Scientific Morality
I wanted to chime in with my two cents about the question of scientific morality. Sam Harris has laid out his arguments in much more depth and detail in both his TED talk The Moral Landscape and followup essay. Today, there's an article over at Cosmic Variance by Sean Carroll disputing Harris' central ...

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