Sam Harris, who thinking himself terrible clever, decided it was time to be a superman and invent his own morality based off "science". The moral he thus invented was indistinguishable from utilitarianism because the axiom he chose was "minimize suffering", somehow not realizing that this philosophy was better spoken by Bentham and Mills in the 1800's--he further failed to realize that Utilitarianism has the horrible inbuilt flaw of always descending into tyranny; it has no choice but to do so for the reduction of suffering necessitates intercession into the choices of individuals who may choose actions which will cause themselves or others some suffering.
Inevitably, he advocates for a nannystate and the imposition of force against free will because he is a Utilitarian. There is no greater evil than one who thinks the end goal is perfection and no action is forbidden in the pursuit of utopia.
Sam Harris, who thinking himself terrible clever, decided it was time to be a superman and invent his own morality based off "science". The moral he thus invented was indistinguishable from utilitarianism because the axiom he chose was "minimize suffering", somehow not realizing that this philosophy was better spoken by Bentham and Mills in the 1800's--he further failed to realize that Utilitarianism has the horrible inbuilt flaw of always descending into tyranny; it has no choice but to do so for the reduction of suffering necessitates intercession into the choices of individuals who may choose actions which will cause themselves or others some suffering.
Inevitably, he advocates for a nannystate and the imposition of force against free will because he is a Utilitarian. There is no greater evil than one who thinks the end goal is perfection and no action is forbidden in the pursuit of utopia.
People like Harris are why, despite being raised with no religious instruction, I can no longer accept atheism.