The science of evil [electronic resource] : on empathy and the origins of cruelty / Simon Baron-Cohen.

The science of evil [electronic resource] : on empathy and the origins of cruelty / Simon Baron-Cohen.

9780465023806 (electronic bk.)
9780465023530

New York : Basic Books, [2011]

©2011

English

1 online resource (xi, 240 pages) : illustrations

BF575.E55 B37 2011eb

152.4/1

A path-breaking autism researcher explores why some people lack empathy and what that absence means for the psychological understanding of evil.
"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"--Provided by publisher.

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