An edition of The science of evil (2011)

The science of evil

on empathy and the origins of cruelty

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An edition of The science of evil (2011)

The science of evil

on empathy and the origins of cruelty

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Publisher
Basic Books
Language
English
Pages
256

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Book Details


Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
152.4/1
Library of Congress
BF575.E55 B37 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
256

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL24804211M
ISBN 13
9780465023530
LCCN
2010043828
OCLC/WorldCat
659768837

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL15897134W

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