[MD] A Science of Morals

[Ian Glendinning]

Very interesting .... missed that one, and the resulting
correspondence too. Thanks Steve.
Regards
Ian

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:47 AM, Matt Kundert
<pirsigaffliction at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> What's interesting about Sam Harris is that--more than
> anybody else in recent memory that I can think of--he's
> somehow bridged the still-growing gap in America between
> academic-intellectual conversation circles and
> popular-intellectual conversation circles.  There's been a
> number of books over the years about the decline of the
> "public intellectual" in America over the years, and I take
> them to be on the whole right, and Rorty is often held up
> as the last academic philosopher to take on the role of
> public intellectual, but the fact of the matter is that
> nobody read Rorty outside of academic circles.  If you
> didn't work at a University, the chances of you having
> read Rorty was slim to none.  But he was the best example
> people could come up with.  That's how bad it has gotten.
>
> This current resurgence of the formerly nascent, and never
> finished, "battle" between science and religion has thrust a
> number of people into the spotlight.  It will be interesting to
> see whether we can get some traction for other
> academic-intellectuals to make the cross into popular
> discussions of issues, and re-establish a _tradition_ in this
> country (which is, on the other hand, wishful thinking as
> long as primary education is funded by zipcode and the
> news remains a slice of the entertainment divisions of media
> conglomerates).
>
> Matt
>
>> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:24:02 -0400
>> From: peterson.steve at gmail.com
>> To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
>> Subject: [MD]  A Science of Morals
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Recently, Sam Harris gave a TED talk.  He has a book coming out called
>> "The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values."
>>
>> I hope you check it out:
>>
>> http://www.project-reason.org/newsfeed/item/moral_confusion_in_the_name_of_science3/
>>
>> Regardless of what he will be able to do with a science of morals, I
>> think he will start an important conversation about ethics.
>>
>> Best,
>> Steve
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