From my point of view, compatibilism is a little like saying: a puppet is free so long as it loves its strings.
Sam HarrisTo speak specifically of our problem with the Muslim world, we are meandering into a genuine clash of civilizations, and we're deluding ourselves with euphemisms. We're talking about Islam being a religion of peace that's been hijacked by extremists. If ever there were a religion that's not a religion of peace, it is Islam.
Sam HarrisCompatibilism amounts to nothing more than an assertion of the following creed: A puppet is free as long as he loves his strings.
Sam HarrisNothing guarantees that reasonable people will agree about everything, of course, but the unreasonable are certain to be divided by their dogmas. It is time we recognized that this spirit of mutual inquiry, which is the foundation of all real science, is the very antithesis of religious faith.
Sam Harris