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Morality is a value judgement, the thought experiment in the link I posted explains this pretty well. I'll restate it for convenience: A trolley is running out of control down a track. In its path are 5 people who have been tied to the track. Fortunately, you can flip a switch, which will lead the t...

@Psychoserenity, the linked I posted will clear up your confusion.

For an explanation of why morality is a philosophical question (that can be supported with science) as well as criticism of Harris's ethics, see this discussion with two skeptics (one a philosopher the other a neurologist, both are materialists): http://media.libsyn.com/media/skepticsguide/skepticas...