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Zero degrees of empathy

Paperback • 2012 • English

Zero degrees of empathy: a new theory of human cruelty

By Simon Baron-Cohen

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About the book

In Zero Degrees of Empathy: A New Theory of Human Cruelty and Kindness Simon Baron-Cohen takes fascinating and challenging new look at what exactly makes our behaviour uniquely human. How can we ever explain human cruelty? We have always struggled to understand why some people behave in the most evil way imaginable, while others are completely self-sacrificing. Is it possible that - rather than thinking in terms of 'good' and 'evil' - all of us instead lie somewhere on the empathy spectrum, an...Show more

Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints
Psychology of gender
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9780141017969

Publisher

Penguin

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

Zero degrees of empathy

Format

Paperback

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