Cruelty : human evil and the human brain / Kathleen Taylor.

  • Taylor, Kathleen E. (Kathleen Eleanor)
Date:
2009
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Publication/Creation

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Physical description

xi, 337 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Contents

Introduction : cruelty in context -- What is cruelty? -- Quis judicat? : who decides? -- Why does cruelty exist? -- How do we come to act? -- How do we come to feel? -- How do we come to believe? -- Why are we callous? -- Why does sadism exist? -- Can we stop being cruel?

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-331) and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    PQE /TAY
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780199552627
  • 0199552622