Sam Harris: “Haidt concludes his essay with this happy blandishment: “every longstanding ideology and way of life contains some wisdom, some insights into ways of suppressing selfishness, enhancing cooperation, and ultimately enhancing human flourishing.” Surely we can all agree about this. Our bets have been properly hedged (the ideology must be “longstanding” and need only [...]
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Anyone feeling nostalgic for the “wisdom” of the Aztecs?
September 14th, 2007
Tags: atheism · edge · jonathan haidt · religion · sam harris