Sam Harris — Meat and Ethical Eating

Sam Harris, described as a neuroscientist, author and "public intellectual" (what's that?), is well-known for his views on religion (in a nutshell, he thinks it's bunk) and the need for more reason in our society.What you may not know, however, is that this uber-rationalist (he heads up Project Reason, dedicated to scientific and secular knowledge) gets it when it comes to meat.  As he says, he cannot defend the ethics of eating animals (even if he eats them).  Animals suffer and we are ...