Sam Harris Quotes about Morality

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The science of morality is about maximizing psychological and social health. It's really no more inflammatory than that.

The science of morality is about maximizing psychological and social health. It's really no more inflammatory than that.

Sam Harris

Maximizing, Morality, Ethics

"Print: Atheism's Poster Boy Sam Harris on the Science of Morality". Interview with Olivia Koski, www.wired.com. November 29, 2010.

Just as there is no such thing as Christian physics or Muslim Algebra, we will see tht there is no such thing as Christian or Muslim morality.

Sam Harris

Christian, Morality, Physics

Sam Harris (2011). “The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

It's simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality.

Sam Harris

Morality, Framework, Universal

Human well-being is not a random phenomenon. It depends on many factors - ranging from genetics and neurobiology to sociology and economics. But, clearly, there are scientific truths to be known about how we can flourish in this world. Wherever we can have an impact on the well-being of others, questions of morality apply.

Sam Harris

Impact, World, Morality

"The Moral Landscape : Thinking About Human Values in Universal Terms" by Sam Harris, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 25, 2010.