COGNITIVE EMPATHY IN THE WORKS OF SAM HARRIS:
THE OLYMPIAN GODS, MORMONES AND MORAL VALUES
COGNITIVE EMPATHY IN THE WORKS OF SAM HARRIS:
THE OLYMPIAN GODS, MORMONES AND MORAL VALUES
Author(s): Evgeniy BubnovSubject(s): Social Philosophy, Cognitive Psychology
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk i Fundacja Filozofia na Rzecz Dialogu
Keywords: New Atheists; empathy; habitus; priming; Euthyphro dilemma
Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to analyze unconscious cognitive empathy in Sam Harris’ discourse. Harris equates the theology of Abrahamic religions with ancient mythology.However, the expulsion of the Numinous into the sphere of the transcendent, madepossible by monotheism, gave impetus to the study of nature and led to what Max Weber called the Disenchantment. This Disenchantment, firstly, led to the discrediting ofancient myths, and secondly, to the scientism of Harris and his like-minded people.
Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 109-122
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English