Rationally Speaking Podcast Podcast Episodes featuring Michael Shermer

Rationally Speaking #134 - Michael Shermer on: "Science drives moral progress"

Rationally Speaking Podcast - May 17, 2015 14:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 464 ratings
Common wisdom holds that the world is getting more violent, but is that really true? Leading skeptic Michael Shermer, professor and author of many books on science, morality and skepticism, argues to the contrary. Shermer's thesis in his recent book, "The Moral Arc: How Science Leads Humanity To...

Rationally Speaking #85 - Live From NECSS With Michael Shermer On the Role of Science in Morality

Rationally Speaking Podcast - April 21, 2013 14:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 464 ratings
In a special live Rationally Speaking, taped at NECSS 2013, Julia Galef moderates a lively discussion between Massimo and Michael Shermer, head of the Skeptic Society and founding publisher of Skeptic Magazine. The topic: Can science tell us what is "moral"? This discussion comes after both men h...