Science of evil
Subtitle: on empathy and the origins of cruelty
By: Simon Baron-Cohen
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780465031429
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Empathy; Cruelty
Description: "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"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-243) and index.
Table of contents: title: Explaining "evil" and human cruelty; title: The empathy mechanism : the bell curve; title: When zero degrees of empathy is negative; title: When zero degrees of empathy is positive; title: The empathy gene; title: Reflections on human cruelty; title: Appendixes: 1. The empathy quotient (EQ); title: Appendix: 2. How to spot zero degrees of empathy (negative).