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Cruelty
Human evil and the human brain
Buch von Kathleen Taylor
Sprache: Englisch

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What is cruelty? What makes some people cruel? Under what conditions can cruelty grow? Taylor draws together aspects of psychology, sociology, philosophy, and her own field of neuroscience, illustrated with examples from history and the arts, in this thoughtful exploration of the nature and origins of cruelty, and how we might seek to reduce it.
What is cruelty? What makes some people cruel? Under what conditions can cruelty grow? Taylor draws together aspects of psychology, sociology, philosophy, and her own field of neuroscience, illustrated with examples from history and the arts, in this thoughtful exploration of the nature and origins of cruelty, and how we might seek to reduce it.
Über den Autor
Kathleen Taylor studied physiology and philosophy at Oxford University. She went on to do a research MSc at Stirling University, working on brain chemistry, before returning to Oxford to do a DPhil in neuroscience. She has written on a range of topics, from consciousness to the psychology of wartime atrocities. In 2002 she won two writing competitions, one for science writing and one for an essay in the humanities/social sciences. Her first book, Brainwashing: the science of thought control, was published in 2004.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface and Acknowledgements

  • Introduction - Cruelty in Context

  • 1: What is cruelty?

  • 2: Quis judicat? Who decides?

  • 3: Why does cruelty exist?

  • 4: How do we come to act?

  • 5: How do we come to feel?

  • 6: How do we come to believe?

  • 7: Why are we callous?

  • 8: Why does sadism exist?

  • 9: Can we stop being cruel?

  • Bibliography

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Genre: Importe, Technik allg.
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780199552627
ISBN-10: 0199552622
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Taylor, Kathleen
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 243 x 164 x 40 mm
Von/Mit: Kathleen Taylor
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.02.2009
Gewicht: 0,68 kg
Artikel-ID: 107544230
Über den Autor
Kathleen Taylor studied physiology and philosophy at Oxford University. She went on to do a research MSc at Stirling University, working on brain chemistry, before returning to Oxford to do a DPhil in neuroscience. She has written on a range of topics, from consciousness to the psychology of wartime atrocities. In 2002 she won two writing competitions, one for science writing and one for an essay in the humanities/social sciences. Her first book, Brainwashing: the science of thought control, was published in 2004.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface and Acknowledgements

  • Introduction - Cruelty in Context

  • 1: What is cruelty?

  • 2: Quis judicat? Who decides?

  • 3: Why does cruelty exist?

  • 4: How do we come to act?

  • 5: How do we come to feel?

  • 6: How do we come to believe?

  • 7: Why are we callous?

  • 8: Why does sadism exist?

  • 9: Can we stop being cruel?

  • Bibliography

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Genre: Importe, Technik allg.
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780199552627
ISBN-10: 0199552622
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Taylor, Kathleen
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 243 x 164 x 40 mm
Von/Mit: Kathleen Taylor
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.02.2009
Gewicht: 0,68 kg
Artikel-ID: 107544230
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