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Book SynopsisPaul Bloom is Professor of Psychology at University of Toronto and the Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University. His research explores the psychology of morality, identity and pleasure. Bloom is the recipient of multiple awards and honours, including most recently the million-dollar Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize. He has written for scientific journals such as
Nature and
Science, and for the
New York Times,
New Yorker,
Atlantic and
Guardian. He is the author or editor of eight books, including
Just Babies,
How Pleasure Works,
Descartes' Baby and most recently
Against Empathy.
Trade ReviewWonderfully humane, lucid and entertaining ... a brave and necessary tract for the times * Telegraph *
A great, provocative book ... that will legitimately change how you think about the world and your own sense of morality * The New York Times *
Bloom dismantles the argument that empathy is the basis of all morality … Empathy, it turns out, is sentimental, superficial and racist * New Statesman *
The title may shock, but this is a book of calm reason and expansive compassion. It’s also a pleasure to read: warm, lucid, and thought-provoking -- Steven Pinker, author of The Better Angels of Our Nature
I couldn’t put this brilliantly argued book down. Engaging and witty, learned and stimulating, provocative and packed with cutting-edge findings,
Against Empathy is sure to start many important debates * Amy Chua, author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother *
