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.
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