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Sam Harris - The Moral Landscape (epub & mobi)
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Oct 6, 2010
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Boolavogue



The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris

This has been converted from DRMed Kindle to non-DRMed Mobi format using the Unswindle utility. It was then converted from 'mobi' to 'epub' format using Calibre. Use Calibre and the mobi version for any further conversions.

Sam Harris’s first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most people—from religious fundamentalists to nonbelieving scientists—agree on one point: science has nothing to say on the subject of human values. Indeed, our failure to address questions of meaning and morality through science has now become the most common justification for religious faith. It is also the primary reason why so many secularists and religious moderates feel obligated to "respect" the hardened superstitions of their more devout neighbors.In this explosive new book, Sam Harris tears down the wall between scientific facts and human values, arguing that most people are simply mistaken about the relationship between morality and the rest of human knowledge. Harris urges us to think about morality in terms of human and animal well-being, viewing the experiences of conscious creatures as peaks and valleys on a "moral landscape." Because there are definite facts to be known about where we fall on this landscape, Harris foresees a time when science will no longer limit itself to merely describing what people do in the name of "morality"; in principle, science should be able to tell us what we ought to do to live the best lives possible. Bringing a fresh perspective to age-old questions of right and wrong and good and evil, Harris demonstrates that we already know enough about the human brain and its relationship to events in the world to say that there are right and wrong answers to the most pressing questions of human life. Because such answers exist, moral relativism is simply false—and comes at increasing cost to humanity. And the intrusions of religion into the sphere of human values can be finally repelled: for just as there is no such thing as Christian physics or Muslim algebra, there can be no Christian or Muslim morality.

Using his expertise in philosophy and neuroscience, along with his experience on the front lines of our "culture wars," Harris delivers a game-changing book about the future of science and about the real basis of human cooperation.

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I posted this torrent as a protest against Amazon's extortionate pricing on ebooks.

The book was published yesterday and I really wanted to read it. I went to Amazon and found that the hardcover was $14.48 and the Kindle ebook version was $12.99. That's only an 11% discount! A complete rip-off.

I paid the $12.99 but only on the basis of vowing to pirate it.

It's great to see that my $12.99 investment has, at the time of posting this message(about five hours later), served free copies to at least 60 downloaders. I hope that figure reaches the hundreds in the coming days.

Suck it Amazon!

Thanks! Both to you and Amazon's crazy pricing policies!
Thanks man
That's exactly why I did not buy it from Amazon either. Think of the amount of money they save by not having to print. It's not just a ripoff it's gouging. And if it makes you feel better. Think of the contribution you are making to humanity and the planet, the more people download this gift of yours the less trees will be cut to make books. A million thanks Boolavogue.
Thank you for the upload...I agree about the gouging...I just bought my new kindle and the prices for ebooks are fucking crazy...really appreciate you doing this, you're awesome :)
Thanks so much for the upload.

Not to complain or anything, but converting seems to mess with the format.

I'm still very happy to have the book. Thank you again. :)
Many thanks for taking the trouble to do this. I have retired and could not justify the Amazon price so would otherwise not have read the book.