The Science of Evil
On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty
New York : Basic Books, [2011]
Format: Book
Description: xii, 240 pages ; 22 cm
A path-breaking autism researcher explores why some people lack empathy and what that absence means for the psychological understanding of evil.
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.
ISBN:
9780465023530 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.