Atheist Sam Harris, from his latest book Free Will: "Certain beliefs place their adherents beyond the reach of every peaceful means of persuasion, while inspiring them to commit acts of extraordinary violence against others." And, ""Some propositions are so dangerous that it may even be ethical to kill people for believing them."
So, the beliefs that he finds dangerous are those that inspire people to commit violence against others. He apparently believes that it is ethical to kill people for beliefs that inspire them to commit violence against others.
Yet he holds the belief that committing violence against others is ethical, based on what they believe
To paraphrase: It is ethical to kill people whose beliefs make them want to kill people. My belief is that it is ethical to kill people.
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