The Moral Landscape

How Science Can Determine Human Values

By: Sam Harris

Narrated by: Sam Harris

New York Times bestselling author Sam Harris’s first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most people—from religious fundamentalists to non-believing scientists—agree on one point: science has nothing to say on the subject of human values. Indeed, our failure to address questions of meaning and morality through science has now become the primary justification for religious faith.

In this highly controversial book, Sam Harris seeks to link morality to the rest of human knowledge. Defining morality in terms of human and animal well-being, Harris argues that science can do more than tell how we are; it can, in principle, tell us how we ought to be. In his view, moral relativism is simply false—and comes at an increasing cost to humanity. And the intrusions of religion into the sphere of human values can be finally repelled: for just as there is no such thing as Christian physics or Muslim algebra, there can be no Christian or Muslim morality. Using his expertise in philosophy and neuroscience, along with his experience on the front lines of our “culture wars,” Harris delivers a game-changing book about the future of science and about the real basis of human cooperation.

It will soon become a sociology classic

Brilliantly written, brilliantly delivered, this book will become as relevant as the works of Kant, Descartes or Rousseau some day. Life-changing.

4

One really annoying thing was the 's' or 'sh' sound whenever he spoke. It sounded like a really loud whistle and was very annoying. Other than that a great read.

Wow. Should be mandatory reading.

So amazingly fantastic, Harris is dedicated to the truth and finding the best path to human wellbeing.

Everyone should consider this book...

Great book and very well written. The topics considered within the book are very well thought out and the examples provided are clear and concise...

groundbreaking

Awesome argument against absolute moral and cultural relativism. And the idea you can get an ought from an is. exceptional arguments! loved it