Science & Religion On Morality

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Science & Religion On Morality
OP - December 24, 2010, 12:29 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fORbjwhbD1M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0ZQ_jUwRkE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wymk8y4X6RQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD03yDIygSM

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Reply #1 - December 24, 2010, 12:40 PM

I haven't come across this discussion, thanks. Will check it out later.

Edge held a very similar discussion months before this, titled The New Science of Morality:

http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/morality10/morality10_index.html

And Sam Harris, who's in both discussions, released The Moral Landscape a couple of months back. I'm waiting on the paperback to come out early next year.

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Reply #2 - December 24, 2010, 12:42 PM

Quote from: arX on December 24, 2010, 12:40 PM

And Sam Harris, ......

this one is good one from Sam dear arX...

Sam Harris: Science can answer moral questions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj9oB4zpHww

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Reply #3 - December 24, 2010, 02:00 PM

There was also this debate not all that long ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ScMJEVoj-s
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Reply #4 - December 24, 2010, 02:43 PM

Quote from: Telomeme on December 24, 2010, 02:00 PM
There was also this debate not all that long ago:...

..that is a very good discussion where Peter Singer tries to make point which I don't agree dear telomeme , why not start with their talks first..

Sam Harris - The Great Debate: Can Science Tell us Right From Wrong? (1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUxxZqynsBM

Steven Pinker - The Great Debate: Can Science Tell us Right From Wrong? (2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fbplK-J5IA

Peter Singer - The Great Debate: Can Science Tell us Right From Wrong? (3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wCNJJwIPY4

Patricia Smith Churchland - The Great Debate: Can Science Tell us Right From Wrong? (4)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGpPQj1mxks

Lawrence Krauss - The Great Debate: Can Science Tell us Right From Wrong? (5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcL8oFgSESE

Simon Blackburn - The Great Debate: Can Science Tell us Right From Wrong? (6)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8vYq6Xm2To

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Reply #5 - December 24, 2010, 03:07 PM

I think I posted Part I - not sure why Youtube zeros in on that particular still.

I read the Moral Landscape not long ago and, for the most part, I do agree with it. I thought Singer made a good point in his mentioning the value judgment that needs to be made when we pit longevity of the few versus moderate lifespan of the many. It seems to me that we can't escape the domain of philosophy when such comparisons are made.
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Reply #6 - December 24, 2010, 03:16 PM

Interesting talks, thanks, Yeez.
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Reply #7 - December 24, 2010, 05:03 PM

The discussion of morality is one of those subjects I find myself going back and forth on. I still have a problem in seeing how science can derive reasons why we ought to behave in a certain way/s in respect to other people and concsious creatures.

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