Science can resolve moral questions - Sam Harris
Feb 28, 2026•30 min
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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.
Talk by Sam Harris.
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