Religion is a poor source of morality

[Edwardo Piet]

Another important point Sam Harris makes in his book:

Whether we can ever find out the correct answers in practice, is different to whether there are answers in principle.

Defining and measuring utilitarian ethics in practice is another matter to the question of whether some conscious creatures suffer more than others. There are answers in principle.

EDIT: This is very worth checking out and won't take forever to read either: http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-m...sam-harris

Very helpful I think.