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Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How It Drives Civilization
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Brooks names James Q. Wilson's book while describing the first time a social scientist took moral intuition seriously as a subject.
Why it came up
- Named by Brooks as a landmark in social science
- On where moral intuition actually comes from
- Raised in a conversation about the science of happiness
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- The Huberman LabsThe Art of True Happiness | Dr. Arthur BrooksSep 14, 2026with Dr. Arthur BrooksGuest
“He had written a great book called the moral sense”
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