(October 15, 2015 at 3:49 pm)Nestor Wrote: The situation will be probably handled differently if we view the person as a thinking self with knowledge of right and wrong, as opposed to Sam Harris' conception of mental events as being akin to weather patterns, when he says that "there's no longer a place to lay emotional blame. It would be like blaming a hurricane for its bad behavior."
I wish someone would have asked him about this in the question and answer period, particularly instead of a couple of the really lame questions.
On the other hand, I was unimpressed with how he responded to the question about love. He does not seem to keep his story straight, as he seems to think it appropriate to still love some people, but that we should stop hating people because they cannot help being bad. People not being able to help what they are should apply equally to both. So he seems to be quite inconsistent in his stance.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
