Making Sense with Sam Harris

#14 — The Virtues of Cold Blood

Jul 29, 2015

42:23

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Is the Argument in Favor of Witness Statements Relates to the Debt Owed to the Victims and Their Families?

03:28

Are You Just a Bag of Chemicals?

03:29

The Inhomogeneity Between Psychology and Physics

01:39

Introduction

2min

Is There Anything in Science That Has Affected Your Parenting?

3min

Are You a Scientist or a Parent?

2min

Psychology

2min

Is There a Savage Law of the Universe?

4min

Why People Don't Love Their Children

2min

The Inhomogeneity Between Psychology and Physics

2min

Are You Just a Bag of Chemicals?

3min

Ampathy Is Not a Good Piece of Software

2min

10.

Cognitive Ampathy

4min

11.

The Importance of Morality in the Age of Ampathy

2min

12.

Are We Correcting for Racism?

2min

13.

Is the Argument in Favor of Witness Statements Relates to the Debt Owed to the Victims and Their Families?

3min

14.

The Importance of Empathy in Relationships

3min

15.

Is There a Difference Between Ampathy and Compassion?

3min

16.

You Don't Have to Be a Monk to Understand This

3min

Sam Harris speaks with psychologist Paul Bloom about the limitations of empathy as a guide to moral reasoning.

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Making Sense with Sam Harris

#14 — The Virtues of Cold Blood

Is the Argument in Favor of Witness Statements Relates to the Debt Owed to the Victims and Their Families?

Are You Just a Bag of Chemicals?

The Inhomogeneity Between Psychology and Physics

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