Can Science Define Morality? Sam Harris Thinks So

A reader sends along a TED talk by atheist and neuroscientist Sam Harris, offering the case that science can tell us right from wrong, implicitly making religious traditions superfluous at best. The reader asks for a reaction -- given the caveat, as he puts it, that "there is nothing new under the sun." True. Harris is far from the first to articulately argue for this scientistic view.

The talk was recorded in 2010 but I'm not aware that he has reversed his position. My reaction? Harris is e...