The Science of Evil: on the Origins of Empathy and Cruelty

The author's understanding of evil is very detailed and profound. Whether it is evil brought in at the genetic level or caused by later contact with social life, the examples and arguments are very clear, as well as the description of personal ideologies and internal visceral and neural activities distributed in different eras. After reading it, I am very relieved. It brings the reader's analysis of evil from the subconscious to the level of understanding and consciousness. At the same time, the author's extremely profound description of evil accelerates the reader's capture and identification of evil in the objective world. The title is definitely worthy of the author's writing style and the connotation of the word evil. Evil is the first book about human nature that I came across by chance. It was nothing else. The name of this book attracted me. A simple word aroused my great desire to explore this book. When people live in the world, major and trivial matters and interactions with people are inseparable from the words good and evil. Before reading this book, I didn't have a real definition of evil (now I think I don't have the ability). I was very entangled in trivial things that I couldn't handle. The understanding of evil remains in the teachings of the elders and the known truth. This book starts from the description of the origin of human nature, starting from theoretical knowledge to practical research, from neurological analysis to social connections. It comprehensively explains the importance of the influence of genes and external environment on people from birth to adulthood. The concept of good and evil is not just a matter of fact, but a careful analysis of the origin of motivation for doing everything. Different people understand and rate the same person differently, and good and evil are often relative. Generating good feelings is also an indispensable part of dispelling evil thoughts. This kind of good feelings often has a better curbing effect on the abnormal neurological activities of evil people. Compared with ordinary people, evil people can fully appreciate your beauty and even feel salvation from you.

This book introduces many examples of humans and their causes, actively and extensively discusses the correlation between human nature and other factors, and contains extensive data. It strengthened my understanding of human nature and I loved it. Scientists are also very rigorous in making unbiased conjectures and theoretical experiments. At least my insights are difficult to doubt, and they are all correct. Fortunately, the language in this book is also very rigorous. But I hope it also provides guidance on what one should do in all aspects of life. Nice book Some places are still full of the author's opinions, and I am quite opposed to this. But scientifically speaking, this book is indeed good. As for more complicated situations in reality, I won't judge. Worth a look

The writing style of this book is very scientific and rational, but not boring. The author explained the nature of "evil" in simple and easy-to-understand language, which gave me a deeper understanding of human behavior. The viewpoint in the book is very novel. It proposes using "empathy corrosion" to explain "evil", and also explores the relationship between the level of empathy and the social environment. The analysis of the character's behavior is also very good, allowing me to see the psychological mechanism behind the evil deeds. All in all, this is a thought-provoking book!

I like this one. I don't know what to say, so I'll just use a passage from this book. "Empathy itself is the most precious resource in our world. After understanding this and observing some phenomena, it will be confusing: our school education and family education attach little importance to empathy, and it rarely becomes an issue in the fields of politics, business, courts or security. We can see the preciousness of empathy in the actions of some political leaders, such as the example of Nelson Mandela and Frederick William de Klerk in South Africa who transcended the barriers of apartheid, understood each other and became friends. Yet there is no such harmony between Israel and the Palestinians, or between Washington and Iraq and Afghanistan. As long as there is no empathy in these corners of the world, more lives will be lost."

It's a very good book. It puts forward the corrosion of empathy from a perspective that I have never heard before. After reading it, I feel that I understand myself better. Unfortunately, I feel that the author's sympathy is too overwhelming. Many of the examples cited only take into account the feelings of the perpetrators and not the victims.

This book is indeed excellent. It narrates and expresses personality disorders caused by "evil", children's care and specific behaviors, and brain empathy circuits. It's a very useful book for me [laughs][love] After reading the comments this time, I felt a lot. The first is my admiration for the author. His research enthusiasm, rigor, tolerance and empathy are all beyond my reach. The content is also very rich and in-depth. [Like][Love]

What is evil? This book points us in a good direction. Evil is not evil because it is evil, it is caused by the negativity of zero degree of empathy and the short-term lack of empathy. To define those horrific and immoral incidents. Secondly, the author talks about the innate and acquired influence of zero-degree empathy. I was shocked when I saw that 70% of the author's book was genetically determined. Of course, I'm not sure if I understood this sentence to be intentional. Hope someone can point out my error in understanding this. I will not go into details about the other types B, P, and N. I read this book to expand the breadth of my knowledge, not the depth, about the names of brain structural diseases. I didn't spend the rest of my time looking and thinking deeply. There are still many places that could be expanded upon, but I can only say that I will re-read it if I have the chance.

Research on the level of empathy from the spiritual field and medical research from the perspective of brain science explore the causes of "variations" in empathy, combine psychological and social behavioral characteristics, and rationally discuss the impact of empathy on individuals and groups.

This book is worth reading carefully, using a wholehearted approach to understand the evil of human nature-the corrosion of empathy. Reading this book will help you understand the prejudice, cruelty, and indifference in human nature. Rather than simply labeling them "landlords", "tycoons", "evil gentry" and "Nazis"

This can be read as an auxiliary material for understanding, but some internal theories are not accurate (or, in other words, individual subjective understanding results are different).

Reveal human nature and be thought-provoking

The writing is really good. It explains the concept of empathy from a scientific perspective, while the traditional good and bad are just general terms for evaluation. After reading it, I have a deeper understanding of people.

This book is rich in popular science knowledge and the various case studies found in the research are well worth reading.