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Making Sense of Foundations of Morality

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Tension Between Psychology and Moral Philosophy

This week's episode of In Cold Blood looks at the tension between psychology and moral philosophy. Sam Singer argues that our ability to empathize with a specific child is reduced when we simply place him among thousands of others like him. Paul Bloom, formerly of Yale University says empathy may not be such a panacea after all.

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