Spiritual Speculation Space
Morality
September 10, 2025
Discussion Questions
These questions are just to help get the discussion going. They do not need to be discussed in order and conversation outside of the bounds of these questions is welcome.
Questions may be added as the event approaches.
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Did you read the short excerpt linked, or the entire book below this summer? What are your thoughts on what you read? Did you know "moral psychology" or "evolutionary psychology" were academic disciplines before reading this?
Discussion Background Materials
Material listed here is intended to enhance discussion. The inclusion of these materials is not an endorsement of their authors or the organizations publishing them. We encourage you to fact check any claims made in these materials.
Recommended Summer reading for this topic:
From the author of The Happiness Hypothesis, a groundbreaking investigation into the origins of morality, which turns out to be the basis for religion and politics.
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion
If you're in Calgary, we have a couple copies of this book to lend out.