The science of evil, on empathy and the origins of cruelty, Simon Baron-Cohen
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The science of evil, on empathy and the origins of cruelty, Simon Baron-Cohen
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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illustrations
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The science of evil
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bibliography
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659768837
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Simon Baron-Cohen
Sub title
on empathy and the origins of cruelty
Summary
A path-breaking autism researcher explores why some people lack empathy and what that absence means for the psychological understanding of evil
Table Of 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
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