The Meaning of Life-A scientist’s angle(part 1)
If there is no God watching us, why be good?
Richard Dawkins examines sin. He asks whether the old religious rules about what is right and wrong are helpful and explores what science can tell us about how to be good.
But what can science and reason tell us about morality? Through encounters with lemurs, tango dancers, the gay rights campaigner Matthew Parris and the scientist Steven Pinker, Dawkins investigates the deeper roots of moral behaviour in our evolutionary past.
He explores the rituals that surround mating and the science of disgust and taboo. Drawing on crime data and insights from neuroscience, he argues that our evolved senses of reason and empathy appear to be making us more and more moral, even as religious observance declines
Nice and scientific explanations of many complicated Questions by Richard Dawkins!..It was interesting to know that although we presume that religious people are having more moral values than the non-believers! but studies and samples are showing it other way round!!…the different moral values like empathy, brotherhood , love and compassion are found in more distorted forms in religious groups than the seculars!!…rightly pointed out that feeling of empathy is directly dependent upon the class/category/cast/religion or race you belong!! if the above mentioned constraints are removed the same person will demonstrate the different levels of empathy in the same conditions. The good news is that we are becoming more scientific, moral and more civilized society than ever!!! even though the reports of rapes, child abuses and other crimes/sins has increased but actually these crimes had a declination of about 80% in recent past. The difference is that we have now started showing our concern to these issues of morality in a more rational way than ever….and that is a good sign for a society to evolve!!
Nice and scientific explanation of many complicated Questions by Richard Dawkins!..It was interesting to know that although we presume that religious people are having more moral values than the non-believers! but studies and samples are showing it other way round!!…the different moral values like empathy, brotherhood , love and compassion are found in more distorted forms in religious groups than that of the seculars!!…rightly pointed out by a study that feeling of empathy is directly dependent upon the class/category/cast/religion or race you belong!! if the above mentioned constraints are removed the same person will demonstrate the different levels of empathy in the same conditions. The good news is that we are becoming more scientific, moral and more civilized society than ever!!! even though the reports of rapes, child abuses and other crimes/sins has increased but actually these crimes had a declination of about 80% in recent past. The difference is that we have now started showing more concerns to these issues of morality in a more rational way than ever….and that is a good sign for a society to evolve!!