So you can't take credit for your talents, but it really matters if you use them. You can't really be blamed for your weaknesses and your failings, but it matters if you correct them. Pride and shame don't make a lot of sense in the final analyses. But they were no fun anyway. These are isolating emotions. What does make sense are things like compassion and love: caring about well-being makes sense; trying to maximize your well-being and the well-being of others makes sense. There is still a difference between suffering and happiness, and love consists in wanting those we love to be happy. All of that still makes sense without free will.


Sam Harris at Sydney Opera House Festival of Dangerous Ideas 2012, Discussion on Free Will.

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Sam Harris Quotes

So you can't take credit for your talents, but it really matters if you use them. You can't really be blamed for your weaknesses and your failings,...

So you can't take credit for your talents, but it really matters if you use them. You can't really be blamed for your weaknesses and your failings,...

So you can't take credit for your talents, but it really matters if you use them. You can't really be blamed for your weaknesses and your failings,...

So you can't take credit for your talents, but it really matters if you use them. You can't really be blamed for your weaknesses and your failings,...