Atheist DETERMINED to Establish "Objective" Morality from Science | Arden Hart & Taylor SH
December 8, 2025
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Caller Paul discusses his book proposing a "science of morality" based on biological facts—arguing that human rights can be grounded in demonstrable physiological needs like breathing, eating, and sleeping. He contends that since denying these needs causes suffering while fulfilling them promotes flourishing, we can build objective moral frameworks using hard science. Hosts Arden and Taylor push back on the fundamental premise, arguing that while we can objectively measure outcomes like suffering, we cannot objectively establish that suffering is "bad" without first subjectively agreeing on moral goals. The conversation becomes contentious as it circles around whether demonstrating harm makes morality scientific or whether morality remains inherently subjective. Paul proposes codifying biological facts into constitutions, but the hosts point out this still relies on states granting rights rather than rights existing objectively.
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