Date of Lecture: September 24, 2015
About the Speaker: Paul Bloom is Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Psychology and chair of the Cognitive Science Program at xxxÖ±²¥. His research explores how children and adults understand the physical and xxxÖ±²¥ world, with special focus on morality, religion, fiction, and art. He is the author or editor of six books, including “Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil” and “How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like.”
About the Talk: Bloom draws upon his research into psychopathy, criminal behavior, charitable giving, infant cognition, cognitive neuroscience and Buddhist meditation practices to argue that empathy is a poor moral guide and we are better off without it.
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