The Moral Landscape -- a book by Sam Harris -- makes the case that morality can be based on events in the observable universe. He argues that morality is nothing but a description of the well being of conscious creatures. And that when we make a distinction between right and wrong, good and bad, we are speaking in terms of the highs and lows of the well being of conscious creatures. Sam, after hearing numerous criticisms and refutations of his book, has offered 1,000$ to the person who makes the best case against his theory. For the person who does one better and persuades him, the prize increases to 10,000$. If you have any time to kill, take some time to read this wonderful book. Teeming with witty and penetrating insights the prose is a joy to read. And you just might get some dough for it. samharris.org/blog/item/the-moral-landscape-challenge1
Posted on: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 10:27:01 +0000