The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty by Simon Baron-Cohen

The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty

Simon Baron-Cohen

272 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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A groundbreaking and challenging examination of the social, cognitive, neurological, and biological roots of psychopathy, cruelty, and evil Borderline personality disorder, autism, narcissism, psychosis: All of these syndromes have one thing in co...

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