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Scientific Morality! It's about time!
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RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time!
(July 25, 2013 at 10:39 am)The Germans are coming Wrote:
(July 25, 2013 at 8:07 am)Attie Wrote: Considering the subjective limitations of Higher Education

Explain.


Or can you?
Sorry I didn't answer you before. What I mean is that western view and education is very subjective when looked at from the east (limited) but the same is true for the East (China). My personal experience is that what Sam Harris is trying to promote as a 'new idea' is a sort of normal way of thinking in China unless I completely misunderstand what they are trying to do. Many moral decisions in China are basically scientifically based whilst the west might deem those kind of decisions as being cruel or immoral (unethical). I'm thinking of the one child policy, displacement of communities, land grabs for further development etc. In China the people accept those things as being the moral thing to do.

(July 25, 2013 at 2:39 pm)Rahul Wrote:
(July 25, 2013 at 1:14 pm)Attie Wrote: I'm a white South African dude.

Thanks for bursting my bubble.

Now you're not ever going to be my friend!
I'll be your your friend if you like or not.
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
Bertrand Russell

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.
Bertrand Russell
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Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Magnum - July 25, 2013 at 8:07 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Magnum - July 25, 2013 at 8:26 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by genkaus - July 25, 2013 at 9:02 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Magnum - July 25, 2013 at 9:10 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by genkaus - July 25, 2013 at 9:22 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Magnum - July 25, 2013 at 9:29 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Magnum - July 25, 2013 at 10:35 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Rahul - July 25, 2013 at 10:19 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Magnum - July 25, 2013 at 11:22 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Rahul - July 25, 2013 at 11:29 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Magnum - July 25, 2013 at 12:03 pm
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by genkaus - July 25, 2013 at 12:07 pm
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by genkaus - July 26, 2013 at 4:27 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by tokutter - August 1, 2013 at 3:15 pm
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Magnum - August 8, 2013 at 3:41 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Magnum - July 26, 2013 at 2:38 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Rahul - July 25, 2013 at 12:08 pm
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Magnum - July 25, 2013 at 12:32 pm
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Rahul - July 25, 2013 at 12:46 pm
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Magnum - July 25, 2013 at 1:02 pm
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Rahul - July 25, 2013 at 1:10 pm
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Magnum - July 25, 2013 at 1:14 pm
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Rahul - July 25, 2013 at 2:39 pm
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by genkaus - July 26, 2013 at 2:17 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by genkaus - July 26, 2013 at 6:16 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Magnum - July 26, 2013 at 6:50 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Annik - July 25, 2013 at 8:45 pm
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by genkaus - July 26, 2013 at 3:12 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Magnum - July 26, 2013 at 3:21 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by genkaus - July 26, 2013 at 3:53 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Magnum - July 26, 2013 at 6:35 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by genkaus - July 26, 2013 at 7:43 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Magnum - July 26, 2013 at 8:43 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by genkaus - July 26, 2013 at 8:46 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Magnum - July 26, 2013 at 9:11 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by genkaus - July 26, 2013 at 9:22 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Slave - July 26, 2013 at 6:31 am
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Angrboda - July 26, 2013 at 8:37 pm
RE: Scientific Morality! It's about time! - by Magnum - July 27, 2013 at 12:05 am

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