Simon Baron-Cohen on empathy and evil

Interesting discussion of Simon Baron-Cohen's new book - The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty (different U.S. title than in England).

Science Weekly Extra: Simon Baron-Cohen on empathy and evil

Simon Baron-Cohen talks to Ian Sample about his proposal that we should redefine 'evil' as an absence of empathy, outlined in his book Zero Degrees of Empathy: A New Theory of Human Cruelty

• Presented by Ian Sample and produced by Jason Phipps
• guardian.co.uk, Thursday 5 May 2011




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