NY Times Bestselling Author Sam Harris gave a lecture at University of California, San Diego, 10/27/2010. In The Moral Landscape, Harris proposes that answers to questions of human value can be visualized on a "moral landscape" -- a space of real and potential outcomes whose peaks and valleys correspond to states of greater or lesser well being in conscious creatures like ourselves. Different ways of thinking and behaving --- different cultural practices, ethical codes, modes of government, etc. --- translate into movements across this landscape. Such changes can be analyzed objectively on many levels -- ranging from biochemistry to economics--but they have their crucial realization as states and capacities of the human brain. San Diego Coalition of Reason SanDiegoCoR.org Rational Thought at UCSD RationalThoughtUCSD.com Books by Sam Harris: The Moral Landscape amzn.to The End of Faith amzn.to Letter to a Christian Nation amzn.to Part 1 of 4: www.youtube.com Part 2 of 4: www.youtube.com Part 3 of 4: www.youtube.com Part 4 of 4: www.youtube.com
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