The moral truth here is obvious: anyone who feels that the interests of a blastocyst just might supersede the interests of a… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
I think when you say to someone You are fool not to believe in evolution or a fool to believe the universe… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Positive social emotions like compassion and empathy are generally good for us, and we want to encourage them. But do we know… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
It is easy to see what many people, women especially, admire about Sarah Palin. Here is a mother of five who can… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
It is time we realize that belief is not a private matter. As a man believes, so he will act. Believe that… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
As a parent, it's my responsibility to equip my child to do this - to grieve when grief is necessary and to… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Nothing in Chomsky's account acknowledges the difference between intending to kill a child, because of the effect you hope to produce on… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The wealthiest Americans often live as though they and their children had nothing to gain from investments in education, infrastructure, clean-energy, and… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
It is difficult to think of anything more important than providing the best education possible for our children. They will develop the… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“While the stoning of children for heresy has fallen out of fashion in our country, you will not hear a moderate Christian… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Our past is not sacred for being past, and there is much that is behind us that we are struggling to keep… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Moderates in every faith are obliged to loosely interpret (or simply ignore) much of their canons in the interests of living in the modern… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
There is no question but that nominally religious scientists like Francis Collins and Kenneth R. Miller are doing lasting harm to our discourse by… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
We have Christians against Muslims against Jews, and no matter how liberal your theology, merely identifying yourself as a Christian or a Jew lends… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Your principal concern appears to be that the Creator of the universe will take offense at something people do while naked. This prudery of… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“As manuals for contemplative understanding, the Bible and the Koran are worse than useless. Whatever wisdom can be found in their pages is never… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
About 120 million of us place the big bang 2,500 years after the Babylonians and Sumerians learned to brew beer. If our polls are… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“If your golf instructor were to insist that you shave your head, sleep no more than four hours each night, renounce sex, and subsist… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The fact that one can lose one's sense of self in an ocean of tranquility does not mean that one's consciousness is immaterial or… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The second commandment is "Thou shall not construct any graven images." Is this really the pinnacle of what we can achieve morally? The second… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“But the reality of consciousness appears irreducible. Only consciousness can know itself—and directly, through first-person experience.” — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Whether or not one likes Huntington's formulation, one thing is clear: the evil that has finally reached our shores is not merely the evil… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good. — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
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