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.