The science of evil : on empathy and the origins of cruelty

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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.

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Borderline personality disorder, autism, narcissism, psychosis, Asperger's: All of these syndromes have one thing in common--lack of empathy. In some cases, this absence can be dangerous, but in others it can simply mean a different way of seeing the world.

In The Science of Evil Simon Baron-Cohen, an award-winning British researcher who has investigated psychology and autism for decades, develops a new brain-based theory of human cruelty. A true psychologist, however, he examines social and environmental factors that can erode empathy, including neglect and abuse.

Based largely on Baron-Cohen's own research, The Science of Evil will change the way we understand and treat human cruelty.

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