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Sep. 30, 2011
Could A Lack Of Empathy Explain Cruelty?
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| Can neuroscience and psychology explain cruelty? In his new book "The Science of Evil," Cambridge University professor Simon Baron-Cohen explains the empathy spectrum we all lie on and that an erosion of empathy can explain why some commit cruel acts. |
Produced by Aleszu Bajak
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Simon Baron-Cohen
Author, "The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty" (Basic Books, 2011)
Professor, University of Cambridge
Director, University of Cambridge Autism Research Center
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty
by Simon Baron-Cohen
The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society
by Frans de Waal
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