Can there be a science of good and evil?

[and-justice-for-all]

Sam Harris
Author, Neuroscientist
Posted: October 3, 2010 08:47 PM

"Since the publication of my first book, The End of Faith, I have had a privileged view of the "culture wars"--both in the United States, between secular liberals and Christian conservatives, and in Europe, between largely irreligious societies and their growing Muslim populations. Having received tens of thousands of letters and emails from people at every point on the continuum between faith and doubt, I can say with some confidence that a shared belief in the limitations of reason lies at the bottom of these cultural divides. Both sides believe that science is powerless to answer the most important questions in human life. And how a person perceives the gulf between facts and values seems to influence his views on almost every issue of social importance--from the fighting of wars to the education of children."

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[ladjf]

1. Yes, "Ethics". nt