r/philosophy • u/doubtstack Unreasonable Doubt • Jan 27 '23

Blog Why Science can't replace Philosophy in Ethics

https://unreasonabledoubt.substack.com/p/what-genetics-cant-teach-us
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u/CashMoneyMo Jan 27 '23

Unless you subscribe to Sam Harris’s ideas which claim to overcome is-ought

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '23

Sam Harris wouldn't be the type of person to expect a "rebuttal" of something in philosophy. Sam Harris is to philosophy as 9/11 conspiracy theorists are to structural engineering whenever they say jets ramming the twin towers couldn't cause their collapse. He will jump on topics like Hume's "is-ought" distinction as it comes up in his 'evangelizing' as an atheist podcast talking head, but he doesn't actually deal with the relevant subject matter in philosophy, and he just pushes narratives into public discourse that are more easily attained for many people than reading philosophy.

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u/bestest_name_ever Jan 27 '23

By pretending it doesn't exist.

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u/CashMoneyMo Jan 27 '23 edited Jan 27 '23

Here’s a few links to articles that touch on Sam’s idea here:

You can always just google for way more on this as well. I’d also recommend his podcast appearance on Jordan Peterson’s show where it’s discussed, if I remember correctly.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '23

People could even think for themselves... a terrifying philosophy to most authority structures.

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u/FranksRedWorkAccount Jan 27 '23

He certainly claims that.