originally posted in:Spread the Word
View Entire Topic
[quote]Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But Sam Harris argues that science can — and should — be an authority on moral issues, shaping human values and setting out what constitutes a good life.[/quote]
Just a heads up - I haven't watched the video before posting this, so I have no idea regarding its quality. But considering the fact that I advocate making ethics virtually synonymous with logic, I'll cast my vote for yes.
-
I feel like this is a moot question. Science doesn't give answers; science is a process by which things are examined and answers are arrived at. Science is how you collect, observe, communicate, and quantify data. What you're asking is synonymous to "Can driving be a movie theater?" No. Driving can be a method by which you get [i]to[/i] the movie theater but it isn't of the same type of object.