Dennett is referred to as one of the " Four Horsemen of New Atheism ", along with Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens.

Author Sam Harris has argued that we overestimate the relevance of many arguments against the science of morality, arguments he believes scientists happily and rightly disregard in other domains of science like physics.

Sam Harris argues that there are societally optimal " moral peaks " to discover. In modern times, many thinkers discussing the fact-value distinction and the Is-ought problem have settled on the idea that one cannot derive ought from is.

Sam Harris wrote, " It is rather more noble to help people purely out of concern for their suffering than it is to help them because you think the Creator of the Universe wants you to do it, or will reward you for doing it, or will punish you for not doing it.

Although the Washington team endured long bouts of mediocrity ( immortalized in the 1955 Broadway musical Damn Yankees ), they had a period of prolonged success in the 1920s and 1930s, led by Hall-of-Famers Bucky Harris, Goose Goslin, Sam Rice, Heinie Manush, Joe Cronin, and above all Walter Johnson.

Proponents of this view, such as the author and neuroscientist Sam Harris, see morality as a budding science.

Among the musicians with whom he has played are Eddie Harris, Lee Konitz, Dave Liebman, Sam Rivers, Bob Mintzer, Terry Gibbs, Buddy DeFranco, Roscoe Mitchell, Evan Parker, Jay McShann, Herbie Mann, Randy Brecker, Jerry Goodman and Ramsey Lewis and many others.

Jonathan Macey, Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Securities Law, Yale Law School, Ph. D. honoris causa, 1996.

* August 21 – August 22 – Events at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, are sparked by a Federal Marshal surveillance team, resulting in the death of a Marshal, Sam Weaver and his dog and the next day the wounding of Randy Weaver, the death of his wife Vicki and the wounding of Kevin Harris.

In his book, The Moral Landscape, author and neuroscientist Sam Harris mentions some ways that determinism and modern scientific understanding might challenge the idea of a contra-causal free will.

It premiered on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre on November 2, 1937, produced by Sam H. Harris, and transferred to the Music Box Theatre, and ran for 290 performances.

However, she refused to accept this and with the help of vocal and dance lessons ( most notably with Sam Harris, Angela Bacari ), which she still takes daily, managed to recover and returned to the stage in 2001 when asked by long-time friend Michael Jackson to perform at Madison Square Garden in New York City where she sang " Never Never Land " and the televised " You Are Not Alone " at the Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special concert produced by soon to be husband David Gest.

Marker on the Harris County Annex 2 Building in Downtown Houston, indicating the site where Sam Houston lived from 1837 to 1838

Yurica has been followed in this usage by authors including journalist Chris Hedges, Marion Maddox, James Rudin, Sam Harris, and the group TheocracyWatch.

Sam Peckinpah's first two choices for the role of Deke Thornton were Richard Harris ( who had co-starred in Major Dundee ) and Brian Keith ( who had worked with Peckinpah on The Westerner ( 1960 ) and The Deadly Companions ( 1961 )).

In partnership with another struggling writer, Sam Harris, he finally interests a producer and they are on the road to success.

* Richard Whorf as Sam Harris

Tarkington Bayou begins in the Sam Houston National Forest in San Jacinto County, working its way south through Northeast and east Liberty County and joining other feeders, before traveling into Harris County and emptying into Galveston Bay.

Writer Sam Harris has also argued that ethics could be objectively grounded in an understanding of neuroscience.

* Sam Harris

Harris followed this with a leading role in the Italian film, Michelangelo Antonioni's Il deserto rosso ( 1964 ), and he also won notice for his role in Sam Peckinpah's Major Dundee ( 1965 ), as an Irish immigrant who became a Confederate cavalryman during the Civil War.

* In Sam Raimi's Spider-Man films, Aunt May was played by Rosemary Harris as a housewife who is widowed by the events of the first film.

Neuroscientist and best-selling author Sam Harris, noted mainly for his contribution to the New Atheism movement, criticized CAIR by doubting their legitimacy saying CAIR is " an Islamist public relations firm posing as a civil-rights lobby ".

* Sam Cooke replaces R. H. Harris as lead singer of The Soul Stirrers.

* 1969 – Magic Sam, American blues guitarist and singer ( b. 1937 )

* 1998 – Sam Muchnick, American professional wrestling promoter ( b. 1905 )

* 1998 – Sam Yorty, American politician, 37th Mayor of Los Angeles ( b. 1909 )

* 2000 – Sam Jaffe, American producer ( b. 1901 )

* 1984 – Sam Jaffe, American actor ( b. 1891 )

* 1971 – Sam Jones, American baseball player ( b. 1925 )

* 1950 – Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach ( b. 1892 )

* 2012 – Sam Sniderman, Canadian businessman, founded Sam the Record Man ( b. 1920 )

** Sam Cooke, African-American singer and songwriter ( shot ) ( b. 1931 )

* March 24 – Sam Jaffe, American actor ( b. 1891 )

* December 28 – Sam Peckinpah, American film director ( b. 1925 )

** Sam Wanamaker, American film director and actor ( b. 1919 )

* September 22 – Sam Wood, American director ( b. 1883 )

* December 12 – Magic Sam, American musician ( b. 1937 )

* July 26 – Sam Houston, first President of the Republic of Texas ( b. 1793 )

** Sam Crawford, American baseball player ( b. 1880 )

* November 16 – Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ( b. 1882 )

** Sam Walton, American businessman, founder of Wal-Mart ( b. 1918 )

* April 10 – Sam Kinison, American comedian ( b. 1953 )

* January 21 – Sam Langford, Canadian boxer ( b. 1883 )

** Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player ( b. 1892 )

** Sam McDaniel, African-American actor ( b. 1886 )

* March 26 – Sam Kydd, Irish-born English actor ( b. 1915 )

* July 31 – Samuel Wilson, American thought to be the real-life basis for Uncle Sam ( b. 1766 )