Cognitive Empathy in the Works of Sam Harris: The Olympian Gods, Mormones and Moral Values

• Authors: Bubnov Evgeniy
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article attempts to analyze unconscious cognitive empathy in Sam Harris’ dis- course. Harris equates the theology of Abrahamic religions with ancient mythology. However, the expulsion of the Numinous into the sphere of the transcendent, made possible by monotheism, gave impetus to the study of nature and led to what Max We- ber called the Disenchantment. This Disenchantment, firstly, led to the discrediting of ancient myths, and secondly, to the scientism of Harris and his like-minded people.

Keywords

EN

New Atheists; empathy; habitus; priming; Euthyphro dilemma

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk; Fundacja Filozofia Na Rzecz Dialogu
• Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
• Year: 2019
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 109-122

Contributors

author

Bubnov Evgeniy

• Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies of Far Eastern Federal University, Sukhanova, Primorskiy Kray, 690091 Vladivostok, Russia.