13 Quotes by Sam Harris about Ethics
- Author Sam Harris
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The only thing that guarantees an open-ended collaboration among human beings, the only thing that guarantees that this project is truly open-ended, is a willingness to have our beliefs and behaviors modified by the power of conversation.
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The problem I want to talk to you about tonight is the problem of belief. What does it mean to believe? We use this word all the time, and I think behind it lurk some really extraordinary taboos and confusions. What I want to argue tonight is that how we talk about belief- how we fail to criticize or criticize the beliefs of others, has more importance to us personally, more consequence to us personally and to civilization than perhaps anything else that is in our power to influence.
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Faith does not offer a strong link between our beliefs and actual states of the world.
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The science of morality is about maximizing psychological and social health. It's really no more inflammatory than that.
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