{"product_id":"zero-degrees-of-empathy","title":"Zero Degrees Of Empathy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eZero Degrees of Empathy: A New Theory of Human Cruelty and Kindness \u003c\/i\u003eSimon Baron-Cohen takes fascinating and challenging new look at what exactly makes our behaviour uniquely human.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  How can we ever explain human cruelty?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  We have always struggled to understand why some people behave in the most evil way imaginable, while others are completely self-sacrificing. Is it possible that - rather than thinking in terms of ''good'' and ''evil'' - all of us instead lie somewhere on the empathy spectrum, and our position on that spectrum can be affected by both genes and our environments?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Why do some people treat others as objects? Why is empathy our most precious resource? And does a lack of it always mean a negative outcome?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  From the Nazi concentration camps of World War Two to the playgrounds of today, Simon Baron-Cohen examines empathy, cruelty and understanding in a groundbreaking study of what it means to be human.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''Fascinating ... dazzling ... a full-scale assault on what we think it is to be human''\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''Highly readable ... this is a valuable book''\u003cbr\u003e  Charlotte Moore, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''Important ... humane and immensely sympathetic''\u003cbr\u003e  Richard Holloway, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSimon Baron-Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor at Cambridge University in the fields of psychology and psychiatry. He is also the Director of the Autism Research Centre there. He has carried out research into social neuroscience over a 20 year career. His popular science book entitled \u003ci\u003eThe Essential Difference\u003c\/i\u003e has been translated in over a dozen languages, and has been widely reviewed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319967457662,"sku":"NW9780141017969","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141017969.jpg?v=1778243121","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/zero-degrees-of-empathy","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}