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#305 - Moral Knowledge

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Dangers of Utilitarianism

There is a lot of risks in thinking that you're sort of acting with a great deal of moral certainty and force. And it's a dangerous psychological position for human being to be in, particularly if what you're doing seems to violate very basic human notions. But then if you pull back from sort of the spreadsheet caricature of trying to do the math on consequences, where do you wind up?

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