Cruelty: human evil and the human brain
Cruelty, neuroscientist Kathleen Taylor explores the factors behind violence, sexual abuse, genocide, and other atrocities. Drawing on history, politics, philosophy, psychology, and especially neuroscience, she sets cruelty in the context of human evolution and our current understanding of brain fun...
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Oxford [u.a.]
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2009
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| Summary: | Cruelty, neuroscientist Kathleen Taylor explores the factors behind violence, sexual abuse, genocide, and other atrocities. Drawing on history, politics, philosophy, psychology, and especially neuroscience, she sets cruelty in the context of human evolution and our current understanding of brain function. She begins with an example from Lithuania in World War II, in which a young man beat a group of prisoners to death, one by one, as a crowd of civilians cheered. Can the killer and his audience be described as mentally ill? Could we ever be like them? Taylor explores the beliefs, emotions, and even instincts which can lead normally decent and law-abiding people to commit shocking acts of murder. For instance, she shows how movements begun consciously can trigger more instinctive behavior. Men who chase a victim intending to scare him may find that their brains reinterpret the chase as a hunt--and treat the victim as prey. Filled with such insight, Taylor provides a clear, nuanced and thoughtful assessment of human viciousness. |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XI, 337 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 9780199552627 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES XI INTRODUCTION CRUELTY IN CONTEXT 1 CHAPTER I
WHAT IS CRUELTY? 19 CHAPTER 2 QUIS JUDICAT? WHO DECIDES? 43 CHAPTER 3
WHY DOES CRUELTY EXIST? 63 CHAPTER 4 HOW DO WE COME TO ACT? 90 CHAPTER 5
HOW DO WE COME TO FEEL? 118 CHAPTER 6 HOW DO WE COME TO BELIEVE? 144
CHAPTER 7 WHY ARE WE CALLOUS? 170 CHAPTER 8 WHY DOES SADISM EXIST? 203
CHAPTER 9 CAN WE STOP BEING CRUEL? 233 CONTENTS NOTES 266 BIBLIOGRAPHY
300 INDEX 333 X
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| spelling | Taylor, Kathleen Verfasser (DE-588)103197010X aut Cruelty human evil and the human brain Kathleen Taylor 1. publ. Oxford [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 2009 XI, 337 S. Ill., graph. Darst. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index Cruelty, neuroscientist Kathleen Taylor explores the factors behind violence, sexual abuse, genocide, and other atrocities. Drawing on history, politics, philosophy, psychology, and especially neuroscience, she sets cruelty in the context of human evolution and our current understanding of brain function. She begins with an example from Lithuania in World War II, in which a young man beat a group of prisoners to death, one by one, as a crowd of civilians cheered. Can the killer and his audience be described as mentally ill? Could we ever be like them? Taylor explores the beliefs, emotions, and even instincts which can lead normally decent and law-abiding people to commit shocking acts of murder. For instance, she shows how movements begun consciously can trigger more instinctive behavior. Men who chase a victim intending to scare him may find that their brains reinterpret the chase as a hunt--and treat the victim as prey. Filled with such insight, Taylor provides a clear, nuanced and thoughtful assessment of human viciousness. Cruelty Grausamkeit (DE-588)4158101-5 gnd rswk-swf Grausamkeit (DE-588)4158101-5 s DE-604 SWBplus Fremddatenuebernahme application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=017147558&sequence=000003&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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