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Evil by any other name

Review of Simon Baron-Cohen’s The science of evil: On empathy and the origins of cruelty In his Acknowledgments, Baron-Cohen begins by saying, “This book isn’t for people with a sensitive disposition” (p. xi). It is a fair warning. His first chapter … Continue reading

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Conservative and liberal world views

One of the theorists to be considered in greater detail in later posts is George Lakoff. We introduce several of his main ideas here because they are relevant to how readers are likely to respond to this blog; specifically, Lakoff … Continue reading

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