The moral formula: How facts inform our ethics
In his new book, The Moral Landscape, Sam Harris sets out to convince us that science can not only help[…]
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Why humans want more than happiness
Back in 1998, Martin Seligman used his presidency of the American Psychological Association to promote the idea that psychology should[…]
ReadThe Shrink & The Sage: True to yourself?
“The trouble with the idea of being true to yourself is that it assumes we know what we are being[…]
ReadThe blurred reality of humanity
“Neuroscience and psychology provide plenty of data to support the view that common sense is wrong when it thinks that[…]
ReadThe self: why science is not enough
“Recent science has told us a great deal about the physical basis for how the sense of self emerges, but[…]
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