The science of evil : on empathy and the origins of cruelty
by
Baron-Cohen, Simon.
Title
:
The science of evil : on empathy and the origins of cruelty
Author
:
Baron-Cohen, Simon.
ISBN
:
9780465023530
Personal Author
:
Baron-Cohen, Simon.
Publication Information
:
New York : Basic Books, c2011.
Physical Description
:
xii, 240 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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.
Abstract
:
A path-breaking autism researcher explores why some people lack empathy and what that absence means for the psychological understanding of evil.
Subject Term
:
Empathy.
Cruelty.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025539012 | 152.41 B265S 2011 | 1 |