Does anyone own "The Moral Landscape"?

[DLJ]

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I really like this YouTube channel, I listened to various other very insightful videos.

Sorry to be late to the party.  

Yup, I discovered this YouTubist a few months ago.  I like him too.  I think the take down of Hicks' book was superior to the Harris one so I think he's still finding his niche and he's only going to get better.

I accept all the criticisms of my evaluations of the book. It's very weedy of me to be throwing out judgements based on some other guy's video, without having read the book. This sounded like a much better idea in my head!

Don't feel bad about that.  I'm with you.

I haven't read it because I reject the premise of well-being as a 'goes-without-saying, one true basis' of morality.

Whether that is actually stated in the book I know not as I have not read it but Cuck Philosophy (who has read it) has that impression and Mr Harris has said as much in other discussions and Matt Dillahunty has picked up on it too.

By jumping between ethics and neuroscience, Sam misses a step or two in the Design Stance by leaping between the Intentional Stance and the Physical Stance (Dennett's terminology).

At this point I would elaborate on the above by referring to the long piece I wrote on that in another place had it not been destroyed by The Digital ISIS.

 

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To me, cultural relativism is more a matter of observation than anything else. I don't use it to make statements about what is objectively right and wrong, because I find such notions incoherent on their face. The article talks about being unable to criticise other cultures. What I don't get is why this even matters, except to make one culture feel good about themselves; or to try and justify some sort of forcing of ethics onto another society. "We are right and you are wrong, so you should change!" To me, the discussion is all about the underlying values. Do the different cultures have the same values? If so, are they applying them in a logical, scientific and consistent manner? If the values are different, can one side convince the other to be closer to theirs?
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It matters because...

It's observation from afar and even quite fun when one travels for pleasure.  It can get a little more tricky when one migrates... assimilate or stand your ground or attempt to modify the host?

'Mass immigration' is where it gets from ethical to political.  

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Here's the thing. None of our five senses or scientific equipment will ever detect "justice."
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The problem is, however, since we can't detect morality with our five senses,
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Lucky we have more than five then, is it not?