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Who doesn’t agree with the moral landscape thesis Sam Harris put forward ?

BrandonSlade 2 Feb 3
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I disagree with his view that morality is objective and I would say that different people would propose different landscapes which undermines the whole thing. But to be honest I haven't read the book and maybe he makes some good points. But from what I have read fo him so far I don't have high hopes. He regularily says some horribly naive things concerning morality.

Dietl Level 7 Feb 4, 2019
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As I recall, I don’t agree with it totally, but I only dimly remember it now. Seems like he says that morality is some kind of objective fact that cannot be denied, even though it has nothing to do with a god? Is that in the ballpark?

skado Level 9 Feb 3, 2019

He centers morality on well being, and the idea that well being can be achieved in different ways (like a landscape) of better or worse decisions all determined through objective reality. He makes an analogy with health, in that there are things that are objectively better or worse for an individual's health, all attached to objective facts about reality. Drinking battery acid is bad. Drinking enough water is good. Eating peanuts when you are deathly allergic is bad. And so on. His claims about objective morality are simply a connection between objective facts/reality and the outcomes that support the well being of conscious creatures.

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I think Jordan Peterson's concept of the moral landscape will become the more accepted opinion in the near future. That said, Sam Harris is a great thinker.

Yes (to both points).

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I haven't encountered any way I disagree with it thus far.

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I like to listen to Sam Harris and I tend to agree with most of what he says.

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Damn, I missed that...

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