What duty do we have to protect others against their will? Does religion threaten our ability to make rational decisions about morality? We examine the ideas of Sam Harris, an American author, philosopher, neuroscientist, and host of the popular podcast Waking Up. 

Refrences:

Sam Harris TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8llkjvURyg

Sam Harris on Bill Maher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vln9D81eO60David Hume: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hume/Sean Carroll & Sam Harris debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVZp4nWMphETrolley problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem#:~:text=The%20trolley%20problem%20is%20a,to%20save%20a%20larger%20number.&text=If%20you%20pull%20this%20lever,person%20on%20the%20side%20track.Terrence McKenna: https://www.post-wave.com/21-terence-mckennaRam Dass: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_DassJoe Rogan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_RoganAlan Watts: https://www.post-wave.com/episode-10-alan-watts-this-is-it Dzogchen meditation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DzogchenDouglas Harding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_HardingRick and Morty 9/11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaQtC8Itb18Sam Harris Yasmine Mohammed interview: https://samharris.org/podcasts/175-leaving-faith/Correction: Eric describes the following scene from Genesis 19 as being from Ezekiel 8: https://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0119.htm#32Maajid Nawaz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maajid_NawazIDW Episode: https://www.post-wave.com/26-the-idw-part-1

Outro Music - Moss by Eric Mulhern: https://soundcloud.com/faero/