tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post7965285424157568315..comments2023-10-14T09:40:06.690-05:00Comments on Jean Kazez: The Moral LandscapeJean Kazezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-61438640628133863722010-10-02T15:44:34.254-05:002010-10-02T15:44:34.254-05:00A related problem is that science has had a mixed ...A related problem is that science has had a mixed history when it comes to determining moral questions. (Was the atomic bomb a moral invention? And Nazi scientific experiments on concentration camp prisoners were still conducted by scientists, after all. )<br /><br />I am a big fan of scientific and rational methods of inquiry but science is conducted by humans...and humans are ultimately Bretthttp://www.bretthetherington.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-63349187584593642532010-10-02T12:36:02.771-05:002010-10-02T12:36:02.771-05:00No that wasn't me, but I agree with your asses...No that wasn't me, but I agree with your assessment. Not a good movie in general, but some items of interest.Faustnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-57053939730956662232010-10-02T11:05:17.313-05:002010-10-02T11:05:17.313-05:00Faust, Polemicizing is always fun...we'll see!...Faust, Polemicizing is always fun...we'll see!<br /><br />Did you once tell me I HAD to see the movie Surrogates? Maybe I'm remembering something else. Saw it last night. Interesting as ethics, not so great as movie. Today: Never Let Me Go.Jean Kazezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-67659578862218965512010-10-02T10:50:27.166-05:002010-10-02T10:50:27.166-05:00"But maybe he's going to paint a nice, su..."But maybe he's going to paint a nice, subtle, complex picture of how we discover moral values."<br /><br />Nope. I predict this book is not going to help Sam Harris out much, and further isolate him in a particular ideological subgroup. <br /><br />Having said that, I'm going to buy it, just so I can polemicize against it (though I'll be happy to be suprised).Faustnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-23955022748248644132010-10-02T07:28:41.113-05:002010-10-02T07:28:41.113-05:00I'm more and more worried about the subtitle--...I'm more and more worried about the subtitle--"how science can determine human values." "Determine" could mean "find out"--uh oh, that sounds implausible, and worrisome in the way you say. I don't think scientists on their own are going to find out human values, and true--there aren't clear-cut "moral experts" either. But maybe he's goingJean Kazezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-24945176361979067062010-10-02T02:08:59.893-05:002010-10-02T02:08:59.893-05:00I have watched that fascinating and skilful TED Ta...I have watched that fascinating and skilful TED Talk by Sam Harris a few times now (the last time was with my Theory of Knowledge students in class) and while I find plenty in it to agree with, I have also become a bit more unnerved by it each time.<br /><br />As you point out in a previous blog, Harris argues that science can answer moral questions (yes, sometimes scientific thinking methods Bretthttp://www.bretthetherington.net/noreply@blogger.com