Two books on evil behavior are reviewed today in the Seattle Times. I have read neither but plan to order the book by Dr. Stone. Have any of you read one or both? If so, let's hear what you thought, please.
"Divining the source of evil and human cruelty" begins:
University of Oxford neuroscientist Kathleen Taylor concurs. Her new book, "Cruelty: Human Evil and the Human Brain," coincidentally appearing on the shelves at the same time as Stone's, examines the roots and forms of human cruelty.
Taylor writes, "Cruelty is as old as humankind, if not older. At its core lies unjustified voluntary behaviour which causes foreseeable suffering to an undeserving victim or victims ... [I]ts aim is to make its targets suffer physically or psychologically."
But why does cruelty exist? It is comforting to consider brutality an aberration and decency the norm. ...
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Note: The Wikipedia entry for Dr. Stone's Most Evil. Excerpt:
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