Can Science Teach Us About Values and Morality?

SDARI Presents a Discussion
Sunday November 27, 2011, at 7 P.M.
Moderator:
Paul Wenger, President of SDARI
What, If Anything, Can Science Teach Us About Values and Morality?
Michael Shermer's The Science of Good and Evil and The Soul of Science, Sam Harris' The Moral Landscape, and Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature, are some of the recent books dealing with values, morality, and the latest scientific research. Popular wisdom claims that if you ask 100 different people you will get 100 different opinions. Let's test that claim. Can 100 skeptics discussing science, values, and morality agree on anything? Attend this month's SDARI meeting and find out.
We're hoping to repeat the success of SDARI's Easter Sunday meeting, so attendees are encouraged, but not required, to bring: hot dishes, cold dishes, drinks (no alcohol, please), snacks, or desserts. Spend Thanksgiving Sunday with your fellow skeptics, scientists, and freethinkers. Doors open at 6 p.m. The sooner you get there the sooner the party starts!

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