The science of evil : on empathy and the origins of cruelty / Simon Baron-Cohen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Basic Books, c2011.Description: xii, 240 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0465023533 : HRD
  • 9780465023530
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 152.4/1 22
LOC classification:
  • BF575.E55 B37 2011
Contents:
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.
Summary: An autism researcher explores why some people lack empathy and what that absence means for the psychological understanding of evil.
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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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