Against empathy : the case for rational compassion / Paul Bloom.
Against empathy : the case for rational compassion / Paul Bloom.
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New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]
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G 2017/6044
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English
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Physical content
285 pages ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue -- Other people's shoes -- The anatomy of empathy -- Doing good -- The politics of empathy -- Intimacy -- Empathy as the foundation of morality -- Violence and cruelty -- Age of reason.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2016]
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"We often think of our capacity to experience the suffering of others as the ultimate source of goodness. Many of our wisest policy-makers, activists, scientists, and philosophers agree that the only problem with empathy is that we don't have enough of it. Nothing could be farther from the truth, argues Yale researcher Paul Bloom. In Against Empath...
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Against empathy : the case for rational compassion / Paul Bloom.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-272) and index.
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©2016
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G 2017/6044
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74VKVgyrAX6X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVgyrAX6X
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ISBN
0062339338
9780062339331
DDC
152.41
MMS ID
991024148715402626
