{"id":446,"date":"2011-04-16T13:02:20","date_gmt":"2011-04-16T13:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk:\/blog\/?p=446"},"modified":"2012-08-23T01:43:12","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T01:43:12","slug":"who-says-science-has-nothing-to-say-about-morality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/blog\/who-says-science-has-nothing-to-say-about-morality\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Who says Science has nothing to say about morality?&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, 12th April 2011, Sam Harris came to Oxford to speak about the ideas presented in his new book &#8216;The Moral Landscape&#8217; and afterwards held a discussion with Richard Dawkins in what was their first pubic appearance together.  The event titled  &#8216;Who says Science has nothing to say about morality?&#8217; was held at the historical Sheldonian Theatre which was packed both with Oxford students and other people who came from other places in the U.K.  The event was hosted by <em>Oxford Atheists, Secularists and Humanists<\/em> in conjunction with the <em>British Humanist Association<\/em>, <em>The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science<\/em>, <em>Project Reason<\/em> and <em>Centre for Inquiry UK<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-446 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/blog\/who-says-science-has-nothing-to-say-about-morality\/blog_h_01\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/blog_h_01-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-447\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-447'>\n\t\t\t\tSam Harris speaks to the crowd.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/blog\/who-says-science-has-nothing-to-say-about-morality\/blog_h_03\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/blog_h_03-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-449\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-449'>\n\t\t\t\tRichard Dawkins.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/blog\/who-says-science-has-nothing-to-say-about-morality\/blog_h_02\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/blog_h_02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/blog_h_02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/blog_h_02-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/blog_h_02.jpg 698w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-448'>\n\t\t\t\tSam Harris explains.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/blog\/who-says-science-has-nothing-to-say-about-morality\/blog_h_04\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/blog_h_04-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-450\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-450'>\n\t\t\t\tAn eager fan takes a picture with Richard Dawkins.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, 12th April 2011, Sam Harris came to Oxford to speak about the ideas presented in his new book &#8216;The Moral Landscape&#8217; and afterwards held a discussion with Richard Dawkins in what was their first pubic appearance together. 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