Binding: Hardcover
Description: Who is the Devil'? And what is he due? The Devil is anyone who disagrees with you. And what he is due is the right to speak his mind. He must have this for your own safety's sake because his freedom is inextricably tied to your own. If he can be censored why shouldn't you be censored? If we put barriers up to silence 'unpleasant ideas what's to stop the silencing of any discussion? This book is a full - throated defense of free speech and open inquiry in politics science and culture by the New York Times bestselling author and skeptic Michael Shermer. The new collection of essays and articles takes the Devil by the horns by tackling five key themes: free thought and free speech politics and society scientific humanism religion and the ideas of controversial intellectuals. For our own sake we must give the Devil his due.
Title: Giving The Devil His Due Reflections Of A Scientific Humanist
Author(s): Shermer Michael (Chapman University California)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9781108489782
Pages: 366 Pages, Worked Examples Or Exercises; 10 Halftones, Black And White; 12 Line Drawings, Black And
Publication Date: 4/9/2020
Category: Popular Science