The winning entry, by Ryan Born, takes issue with the analogies Harris makes between ethics on the one hand and both medicine and science as a whole on the other. What Born argues is essentially correct, but I don’t think it addresses the most fundamental problems with Harris’s view – and neither do any of the other entries I’ve read, even though most also stated things that I believe are correct. Over the next two posts, I’ll attempt to explain what I see as really wrong with Harris’s argument.
This blog will feature posts related in some way to my main writing projects. My first planned topic will be the recent Sam Harris challenge, in which that author asked readers to submit criticisms of his argument in The Moral Landscape. (Harris offered $2000 for the best entry and $20,000 if that winner actually convinces Harris to change his mind.)
The winning entry, by Ryan Born, takes issue with the analogies Harris makes between ethics on the one hand and both medicine and science as a whole on the other. What Born argues is essentially correct, but I don’t think it addresses the most fundamental problems with Harris’s view – and neither do any of the other entries I’ve read, even though most also stated things that I believe are correct. Over the next two posts, I’ll attempt to explain what I see as really wrong with Harris’s argument.
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