Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are usually thought unanswerable by science. But Sam Harris argues in this thought-provoking TED talk that science can – and should – be an authority on moral issues, shaping human values and setting out what constitutes a good life.
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Harris has a degree in philosophy from Stanford, a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA, and is the co-founder and CEO of Project Reason, a nonprofit devoted to spreading scientific knowledge and secular values in society.
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