Sam Harris Plays Pretend

   

The Leftovers

 

Published on Apr 5, 2017

Sam Harris pretends to be a philosopher in this TED Talk.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj9oB4zpHww

Times:
00:00 "You can get morality from science"
00:15 Response
00:34 "Values are facts about the wellbeing of conscious creatures"
00:42 Response
00:50 "Why don't we have ethical obligations towards rocks?"
00:56 Response
02:10 "We're more concerned about monkeys because they feel more suffering"
02:23 Response
03:37 "The amount of suffering is a factual claim"
03:53 Response
04:44 "We know there are right and wrong answers about morality"
04:59 Response
07:41 "Health is open for revision, but that does not mean it's vacuous"
07:59 Response
08:46 "we can ask, is this the perfect expression of psychological balance?"
09:35 Response
10:26 "Religious talk is responsible for us focusing on gay marriage rather than poverty"
10:52 Response
11:56 "The boundaries between societies is being eradicated"
12:04 Response