MAJOR EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Tuesday 12 April 2011, 7:30pm (doors open at 7:00pm) Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford WHO SAYS SCIENCE HAS NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT MORALITY? with Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins TICKETS ON SALE FROM 10 a.m. FRIDAY 1 APRIL at BHA website here . In his new book 'The Moral Landscape', neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris challenges the commonly held view that science has nothing to say about moral issues and that religion is the best authority on meaning, values and a good life. For Sam, the goal of 'The Moral Landscape' is to begin a conversation about how moral truth can be understood in terms of science. Richard Dawkins is known for his persistence in demanding a rational and scientific approach to solving life's most fundamental questions wherever and whenever it can be applied. So, can science help us to determine how we should live in the 21st century? Join us as these two pinnacles of rationalist thought discuss how the science of morality m
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