# Science can answer moral questions

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2010
- Speaker: Sam Harris
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Psychology and the brain, Philosophy, Religion
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/sam_harris_science_can_answer_moral_questions)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But Sam Harris argues that science can -- and should -- be an authority on moral issues, shaping human values and setting out what constitutes a good life.

## Lectures

1. [Science can answer moral questions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/sam_harris_science_can_answer_moral_questions/44fa1c2ab19e), 23 min (TED's player)