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Cruelty - Human evil and the human brain (Hardcover)
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Cruelty - Human evil and the human brain (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R554
Discovery Miles 5 540
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In this thoughtful exploration of a painful subject, Kathleen
Taylor seeks to bring together the fruits of work in psychology,
sociology, and her own field of neuroscience to shed light on the
nature of cruelty and what makes human beings cruel. The question
of cruelty is inevitably tied to questions of moral philosophy, the
nature of evil, free will and responsibility. Taylor's approach is
ambitious, but little work has been done in this area and this
wide-ranging discussion, considering the roles of emotion, belief,
identity and 'otherizing'; evolved instincts and differences in
brains; callousness and sadism; seeks to begin to identify how we
might reduce or limit cruelty in our societies by a greater
understanding of its causes, and the circumstances in which it can
grow. As with her highly regarded previous book, Brainwashing,
Taylor draws in examples from history and literature in her study,
making this a rich and multifaceted analysis that should be of
interest to a wide readership, and provoke much thought, debate,
and further research.
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