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The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values - Community Reviews back

by Sam Harris
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Marvin's Bookish Blog
Marvin's Bookish Blog rated it 13 years ago
I find Sam Harris to be the most interesting and least abrasive of the so-called new atheists, a group that is comprised of Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and others. But in his earlier The End of Faith he was taken to task by atheists and believers alike for suggesting that what we call Spi...
Betsy's Non-Blog
Betsy's Non-Blog rated it 13 years ago
Somewhat disappointing. Seemed rather disjointed to me. Too much diatribe against religion and not enough real description of how science could provide evidence for moral values. Digression on freewill also lost me, but it wasn't too long. This book is more just a call to possible action than a f...
A Few Thoughts
A Few Thoughts rated it 13 years ago
I feel as though I have a lot to say about this book, but I'm not totally sure what it is. Outstanding work, Dr. Harris.
Caleb J. Ross' booklikes
Caleb J. Ross' booklikes rated it 13 years ago
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Kaethe
Kaethe rated it 14 years ago
The reviews I'm reading don't make it sound very compelling.
chadkoh
chadkoh rated it 14 years ago
This book was a much more difficult read than his earlier books Letter and End of Faith. Rather than a popular, NYT best seller list-type book, this seems to target a more scientific audience. It should be studied rather than simply read. Moral Landscape is a very technical book both in terms of phi...
XOX
XOX rated it 56 years ago
Excellent read. Great argument. Must read for everyone, especially Americans. Now coming back to this review. I should have said more about what I have learned.Human has this internal compass, on how we will deal with each other. In modern society, we don't care, but yet we don't harm another person...
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