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Making Sense of Foundations of Morality

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Sam vs. Height Tug of War on Morality

There's a fine line in the language that gets used when we morally judge a person versus morally judge an action. One of the crucial pieces of Sam's perspective is an emphasis on intent and how that pairs with a consequentialist framework. Imagine a woman stepping onto a public bus, she spots an open seat near the back of it. As she's traversing her way down the aisle, suddenly she trips over a man's foot. She falls and breaks her arm. But if everyone in society was more like the sleeper than the failed tripper would the overall consequences be better?

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