A CFI | NYC event: Thursday, October 7th 2010 at 6:30 pm
New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street
Questions of good and evil, right and wrong, are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But in his new book The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values , 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.
An outspoken proponent of reason and science, his two books -- The End of Faith and its follow-up Letter to a Christian Nation -- have become New York Times bestsellers. The End of Faith also won the 2005 PEN Award for Nonfiction. Mr. Harris' writing has been published in over ten languages. He and his work have been discussed in Newsweek, TIME, The New York Times, Scientific American, Rolling Stone,and many other journals. Harris received a degree in philosophy from Stanford and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA.
The event will start at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium at the New York Society for Ethical Culture. Admittance for the general public will be free, on a first-come, first-serve basis the night of the event, so plan to get there and get on line early. CFI is expecting a sold out venue, and will be reserving guaranteed tickets for CFI Friends of the Center and donors. If you need a reserved seat, make sure your membership is active by the day of the event. To renew your Friend of the Center status or to become a Friend of the Center, click here. Each Friend of the Center or supporter will be allowed to reserve up to 2 seats; Friends of the Center at the family level will be allowed to reserve up to 4 seats. To RSVP, e-mail Stephanie LeRoy at sleroy@centerforinquiry.net with your name (and if you are bringing a guest, their name). On the night of the event, skip the line and go to the front door, where CFI will have your name on a list.
A book signing session -- copies of Harris' new book will be for sale -- will follow the event.
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Reasonable New York is a consortium of local reason-based organizations and people working together to increase awareness of secular-minded movements throughout New York City. We aim to inform New Yorkers that there is a community of people who share a rational basis for their worldviews, who attend intellectual public lectures, enjoy philosophy discussions, and socialize. We invite you to visit our various member groups, to contact any of those in which you are interested, and check out our calendar to attend gatherings of any of our organizations, many of which are free. Some of these events are also posted on our shared meetup site.
