What is Sam Harris?
{{Infobox writer | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = | name = Sam Harris | image = Sam Harris 2016 (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Harris in March 2016 | pseudonym = | birth_name = Samuel Benjamin Harris<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.warner.theater/events/sam-harris-3265235/ | title=Sam Harris at the Warner Theater | access-date=2019-05-27 | archive-date=2020-03-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301212349/http://www.warner.theater/events/sam-harris-3265235/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|4|9}} | birth_place = [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Author | citizenship = United States | education = [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in Philosophy, [[Stanford University]] (2000)<br />[[Ph.D.]] in Neuroscience, [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (2009) | period = | genre = Non-fiction | subject = [[Neuroscience]], [[philosophy]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philosophynews.com/post/2012/05/15/An-Analysis-of-Sam-Harris-Free-Will.aspx|title=An Analysis of Sam Harris' Free Will|author=Paul Pardi|website=Philosophy News|date=May 15, 2012|access-date=April 17, 2016}}</ref> [[religion]], [[ethics]], [[spirituality]] | spouse = {{Marriage|Annaka Harris|2004}} | partner = | children = 2 | relatives = | awards = PEN/Martha Albrand Award, [[Webby Award]] | signature = Sam_Harris_signature.svg | website = {{URL|samharris.org}} | module = {{infobox philosopher | embed = yes | era = [[Contemporary philosophy|Contemporary]] | region = [[Western philosophy|Western]] | school_tradition = [[New Atheism]] | main_interests = [[Neuroscience]], [[religion]], [[ethics]], [[free will]], [[spirituality]], [[philosophy of mind]] | notable_ideas = [[The Moral Landscape]], [[Science_of_morality#Overview|Ethics as a branch of science]] | influences = [[Bertrand Russell]], [[John Stuart Mill]], [[Daniel Dennett]] | influenced = | thesis_title = The moral landscape: How science could determine human val