The Moral Landxcape by Sam Harris

Science vs. Multiculturalism



The Moral Landscape ( National Post, Oct. 25th, A21) sets out the case that we should use multiculturalism to pick and choose, as scientifically as possible, those moral values that are best for our society. It encourages us to scrap religious and cultural practices of our many local cultures that are not beneficial to our society and to adopt those that are beneficial. Instead of our weak "all cultures are equal" philosophy, we must adopt an attitude that some parts of various cultures are better and adopt those attributes - whether they are originally our own values which we reaffirm, or the values or other cultures or religions. The book therefore is crucial reading for all Canadians.