Sam Harris
Neuroscientist and philosopher. The End of Faith (2004) and Letter to a Christian Nation (2006) took on fundamentalism, morality and rationality.
Ideas
- A science of morality
- In The Moral Landscape he argues that questions of right and wrong are questions about wellbeing, and so open to evidence.
- Moderation enables extremism
- Treating faith as beyond criticism gives cover to the fundamentalists who take scripture literally.
- Spirituality without religion
- Waking Up makes the case for meditation and the study of consciousness, with no supernatural beliefs.
Start with
- The End of Faith (2004)
- Letter to a Christian Nation (2006)
- The Moral Landscape (2010)
- Waking Up (2014)
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