Is There an Equivalency Between Intelligence and Moral Superiority?

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There is no definition that renders every one equivalent. And yet, its strange that it's taboo to acknowledge that imans are unequally distributed in the world. We've made the mistake for a very long time of aquating intelligence with moral superiority. I suppose that we could admire that particular quality, but to not acquaint it with some sort of moral superiority is really important.

Sam Harris speaks with Arthur C. Brooks about what it takes to build a good life. They discuss the power of social comparison, the intelligence taboo, political dignity and ethical hierarchy, the Dalai Lama, the nature of love, fluid and crystallized intelligences, the strange case of Linus Pauling, the limits of identity, atheism and religious faith, fear of death, psychedelics, existentialism, St. Thomas Aquinas, and other topics.

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