Baron-Cohen, Simon.

The science of evil : on empathy and the origins of cruelty / Simon Baron-Cohen. - New York : Basic Books, c2011. - xii, 240 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Explaining "evil" and cruelty -- The empathy mechanism: the bell curve -- When zero degrees is negative -- When zero degrees is positive -- The empathy gene -- Reflections on human cruelty.

An autism researcher explores why some people lack empathy and what that absence means for the psychological understanding of evil.

0465023533 : HRD $25.99 9780465023530

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Empathy.
Cruelty.

BF575.E55 / B37 2011

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