The Science of Evil (Audiobook)

from waltzmn

Before building a house, one should always make sure the ground is strong enough to support it. That is the deep and fundamental difficulty of Simon Baron-Cohen's examination on the relationship between empathy and cruelty. It is well-researched -- it should be, since he did a lot of the research...

from GlennBell

Highly interesting theory behind why some people perform acts of cruelty. Simon provides a scientific basis for his theories that is backed by his experience and credentials. I believe that he has developed an excellent explanation for cruel behaviors. He covers a variety of behaviors including p...

from dorotheabaker

This book was on the bargain table of my bookshop and I started reading it and couldn't put it down, so I had to buy it. Fascinating as it was, it's hard for me to review since I'm in the odd position of being fascinated by psychology while not taking any of it very seriously. I'm just going to c...

from jcbrunner

Written by the cousin of Borat, Simon Baron-Cohen's book The Science of Evil does not fulfil what its subtitle promises. In fact, as Milgram and other experiments have shown, all human beings are capable of performing evil acts and the resistance keeping men from doing bad things are terrifyingly...

from themythbookshelf

Baron-Cohen begins with a couple of grappling chapters on the concept of evil, calling for the more appropriate and less abstract phrase "empathy erosion". He admits that though we are all capable of being momentarily void of empathy, there are biological, environmental and societal factors that ...