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Book Review: Walking the Moral Landscape

Book Review: Walking the Moral Landscape Evolutionary Psychology www.epjournal.net – 2011. 9(3): 296-304 ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Book Review Walking the Moral Landscape A review of Sam Harris, The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values. Free Press: New York, NY, 2010, 291 pp., US$26.99, ISBN #978-1-43917-121-9 (hardcover). Jaimie N. Wall, Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, 48309, Email: jnwall@oakland.edu (Corresponding author). Todd K. Shackelford, Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, 48309. Introduction Sam Harris, a neuroscientist and philosopher, is famous for being a provocateur in both worlds. He has not deviated from this style in his new book, The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values. With eloquence and wit, Harris effectively takes an axe to the argument that one cannot make moral claims derived from a scientific understanding of human and animal well-being. He clearly demonstrates how empirical study of objective reality can bridge the apparent gaps between human values, moral questions, and scientific answers. By explaining how human actions are rooted in our evolved psychology and neurobiology, Harris shows how we can answer (in principle, if not yet in practice) moral questions about how to maximize human and animal well-being. Only moral realism, not moral relativism, can lead us to an http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Evolutionary Psychology SAGE

Book Review: Walking the Moral Landscape

Evolutionary Psychology , Volume 9 (3): 9 – Jul 1, 2011
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Evolutionary Psychology www.epjournal.net – 2011. 9(3): 296-304 ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Book Review Walking the Moral Landscape A review of Sam Harris, The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values. Free Press: New York, NY, 2010, 291 pp., US$26.99, ISBN #978-1-43917-121-9 (hardcover). Jaimie N. Wall, Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, 48309, Email: jnwall@oakland.edu (Corresponding author). Todd K. Shackelford, Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, 48309. Introduction Sam Harris, a neuroscientist and philosopher, is famous for being a provocateur in both worlds. He has not deviated from this style in his new book, The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values. With eloquence and wit, Harris effectively takes an axe to the argument that one cannot make moral claims derived from a scientific understanding of human and animal well-being. He clearly demonstrates how empirical study of objective reality can bridge the apparent gaps between human values, moral questions, and scientific answers. By explaining how human actions are rooted in our evolved psychology and neurobiology, Harris shows how we can answer (in principle, if not yet in practice) moral questions about how to maximize human and animal well-being. Only moral realism, not moral relativism, can lead us to an

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