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Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty
Evil Inside Human Violence and Cruelty
Author: Roy F. Baumeister
Why is there evil, and what can scientific research tell us about the origins and persistence of evil behavior? Considering evil from the unusual perspective of the perpetrator, Baumeister asks, How do ordinary people find themselves beating their wives? Murdering rival gang members? Torturing political prisoners? Betraying their colleagues t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780716735670
ISBN-10: 0716735679
Publication Date: 3/22/1999
Pages: 431
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Publisher: Henry Holt Company
Book Type: Paperback
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I bought this book because it was an assigned reading for a class I took, and the professor was the author. Very insightful -- this guy knows what he's talking about. If you're interested in what drives people to do evil things, this is something you'll want to read.


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