Ethics and the Hunter

Long time readers will know that I’ve been a long time advocate of objective morality, via Sam Harris’ The Moral Landscape. Those who have joined more recently may have instead noticed that I have relied on different moral frameworks when talking about morality - the appeal to a conceptual set of rules and values that…

The Admission of Ignorance

Ignorance is something we all have to admit to on a pretty regular basis. We don't know! Science admits it with incredible frequency, even if only to justify its funding. "Science knows it doesn't know everything, else it would stop" as Dara O'Briain says. Ironically, the religious narrative is not beset by such humility. Despite…