Evil: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side

Humans are fascinated by evil even as they are repelled by it. In recent years, TV shows, movies, books, and podcasts about true crime and serial killers have reached the heights of popularity, and as a culture we have become engrossed both by the heinous acts committed by some and by the factors that lead people to commit such acts in the first place. But evil is not always a hard and fast moral category. It can be nebulous, and the line between right and wrong, good and evil, can shift. In this fascinating investigation of the concept of evil, Dr. Julia Shaw draws on case studies from academia and anecdotes from popular culture to try to understand the science of evil. 

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