The Four Horsemen

The four authors met in Christopher Hitchens's Washington flat for a long discussion without a moderator. This book is a transcript of their conversation. In addition it contains new essays by the three surviving "horsemen" and a wonderful Foreword by Stephen Fry.

CONTENTS

FOREWORD by Stephen Fry

THE HUBRIS OF RELIGION, THE HUMILITY OF SCIENCE, AND THE INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL COURAGE OF ATHEISM
by Richard Dawkins
Science is often accused of arrogantly claiming to know everything, but the barb is capaciously wide of the mark.

LETTING THE  NEIGHBOURS KNOW by Danlei Dennett
Any who search the transcription of our discussion for either a monolithic shared creed or a contradiction suppressed for political reasons will come up empty-handed.

IN GOOD COMPANY by Sam Harris
Is there a distinction between believing things for good reasons and believing them for bad ones?

THE FOUR HORSEMEN: A DISCUSSION