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'Beautiful . . . a darkly glittering book' THE TIMES
'Fascinating scientific findings . . . Harden writes with rare, dangerous honesty' GUARDIAN, Book of the Day
'Thrilling, entertaining, provocative, brilliant' ADAM RUTHERFORD
'Magnificent' SCIENCE

An intellectually daring and deeply intimate exploration of how genetics complicate our ideas about blame, punishment and moral responsibility.

In Original Sin, world-leading geneticist Kathryn Paige Harden weaves together insights from her own experience as a daughter, mother, wife and scientist with cutting-edge research in genetics and psychology to grapple with some of the most important questions in modern life: How do we take responsibility for the people we become, knowing how we are shaped by both biology and experience? How should we respond when people hurt each other - or themselves? And has science made guilt obsolete?

Navigating the psychological and biological terrain of addiction, antisocial behaviour and violence, Harden confronts the discomfiting ways science unsettles our understanding of wrongdoing and choice. In doing so she asks us not to absolve, but to reckon differently with notions of fairness and blame. A revelatory inquiry into the uneasy space where human behaviour meets inherited biology, Original Sin challenges us to imagine a more humane vision of accountability - for ourselves and for one another.

'A thoughtful and thought-provoking book that invites us to go deep into questions about why people do terrible things and how we should treat them afterwards . . . I loved this book' GWEN ADSHEAD

'Beautiful . . . a darkly glittering book' THE TIMES
'Fascinating scientific findings . . . Harden writes with rare, dangerous honesty' GUARDIAN, Book of the Day
'Thrilling, entertaining, provocative, brilliant' ADAM RUTHERFORD
'Magnificent' SCIENCE

An intellectually daring and deeply intimate exploration of how genetics complicate our ideas about blame, punishment and moral responsibility.

In Original Sin, world-leading geneticist Kathryn Paige Harden weaves together insights from her own experience as a daughter, mother, wife and scientist with cutting-edge research in genetics and psychology to grapple with some of the most important questions in modern life: How do we take responsibility for the people we become, knowing how we are shaped by both biology and experience? How should we respond when people hurt each other - or themselves? And has science made guilt obsolete?

Navigating the psychological and biological terrain of addiction, antisocial behaviour and violence, Harden confronts the discomfiting ways science unsettles our understanding of wrongdoing and choice. In doing so she asks us not to absolve, but to reckon differently with notions of fairness and blame. A revelatory inquiry into the uneasy space where human behaviour meets inherited biology, Original Sin challenges us to imagine a more humane vision of accountability - for ourselves and for one another.

'A thoughtful and thought-provoking book that invites us to go deep into questions about why people do terrible things and how we should treat them afterwards . . . I loved this book' GWEN ADSHEAD

Über den Autor
Kathryn Paige Harden, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas, where she directs the Developmental Behavior Genetics lab and co-directs the Texas Twin Project. Paige lives in Austin with her husband, three children, and dog (who also participates in genetic research).
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Antike
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781399604338
ISBN-10: 1399604333
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Harden, Kathryn Paige
Hersteller: Orion Publishing Co
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 219 x 139 x 29 mm
Von/Mit: Kathryn Paige Harden
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.04.2026
Gewicht: 0,418 kg
Artikel-ID: 138265193

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