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It was discussed as a book that explores the importance of free speech and the need to consider even opposing viewpoints, using the concept of 'giving the devil his due' to highlight the dangers of silencing dissent.
In your latest book, Giving the Devil His Due, Reflections of a Scientific Humanist.
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It was discussed as a book that explores the importance of free speech and the need to consider even opposing viewpoints, using the concept of 'giving the devil his due' to highlight the dangers of silencing dissent.
In your latest book, Giving the Devil His Due, Reflections of a Scientific Humanist.
So what are your main arguments in there? And why is the devil in the title?
Well, the devil is whoever disagrees with you or whoever you disagree with, whose opinions you dislike. Anybody whose viewpoint diverges from yours.
So the title comes from a play called A Man for All Seasons about, this is Robert Bolt's play that was made into a film, about Sir Thomas More and his collision with King Henry VIII over his divorce from Catherine of Aragon and the church.
So I'm going with the blue oyster cult. I'm living for giving the devil his due.
