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Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion by Paul Bloom
Category: Languages and Reference
In a divided world, empathy is not the solution, it is the problem; a source of prejudice, not kindness. We think of empathy - the ability to feel the suffering of others for ourselves - as the ultimate source of all good behaviour. But while it inspires care and protection in personal relationships, it ...Show more
Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion by Paul Bloom
Category: Philosophy and Religion
A controversial call to arms, Against Empathy argues that the natural impulse to share the feelings of others can lead to immoral choices in both public policy and in our personal relationships.
Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion by Paul Bloom
Category: Reference
In a divided world, empathy is not the solution, it is the problem; a source of prejudice, not kindness. We think of empathy - the ability to feel the suffering of others for ourselves - as the ultimate source of all good behaviour. But while it inspires care and protection in personal relationships, it ...Show more
How Pleasure Works: Why We Like What We Like by Paul Bloom
Category: Science
We are attracted, whether we know it or not, to the hidden aspects of things and people. Drawing on insights from child development, philosophy, neuroscience and behavioural economics, this title shows how certain universal habits of the human mind explain what we like and why we like it.
Just Babies - The Origins of Good and Evil by Paul Bloom
Category: Reference
A leading cognitive scientist argues that a deep sense of good and evil is bred in the bone. From John Locke to Sigmund Freud, philosophers and psychologists have long believed that we begin life as blank moral slates. Many of us take for granted that babies are born selfish and that it is the role of s ...Show more
Lonely Planet Philippines 13 by Lonely Planet Publications Staff; Greg Bloom; Celeste Brash; Michael Grosberg; Paul Harding; Iain Stewart
Category: Travel | Series: Travel Guide Ser.
Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet's Philippines�is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Pick your strip of pearly white sand, snorkel with gentle whale sharks at Donsol or dive at ...Show more
Philippines 14 Lonely Planet by Paul Harding, Greg Bloom, Celeste Brash, Michael Grosberg, Iain Stewart
Category: Travel | Series: Travel Guide Ser.
Lonely Planet’s Philippines is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Cruise past the secluded beaches, pristine lagoons and rocky islets of the Bacuit Archipelago, join the adrenaline junkies wakeboarding, surfing, climbing ...Show more
The Human Mind A Brief Tour of Everything We Know by Paul Bloom
Category: Culture
Paul Bloom is Professor of Psychology at Yale University. He is an internationally recognised expert on the psychology of language, social reasoning, morality and art. His previous books include Just Babies and How Pleasure Works, and he has written for numerous publications, including the New York Time ...Show more
The Human Mind - A Brief Tour of Everything We Know by Paul Bloom
Category: Psychology
Are you a human? Do you have a mind? Then this book is for you: a wonderfully entertaining overview of all of psychology by one of its greatest experts. 'Like having the mind's complexities untangled by a witty, eloquent and deeply knowledgeable friend' OLIVER BURKEMAN 'Really wonderful, hugely readabl ...Show more
The Sweet Spot: Suffering, Pleasure and the Key to a Good Life by Paul Bloom
Category: Health and Wellbeing
Revealing the surprising roots of lasting happiness, The Sweet Spot by pre-eminent psychologist Paul Bloom explains why suffering is an essential source of both pleasure and meaning in our lives.'Paul Bloom can always be counted on to take your confident assumptions about humanity and turn them upside d ...Show more
The Sweet Spot: Suffering, Pleasure and the Key to a Good Life by Paul Bloom
Category: Fiction
A provocative and counter-intuitive look at human behaviour from world-leading psychologist and author of the influential Against EmpathyWhy do we seek out painful experiences? From horror movies and roller-coaster rides to marathon running, from S&M to religious violence and - most painful of all - ...Show more
Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & Northern Thailand 6 Lonely Planet by Greg Bloom, Austin Bush, David Eimer, Bruce Evans, Paul Harding, Damian Harper, Ashley Harrell, Mark Johanson, Anirban Mahapatra, Bradley Mayhew, Daniel McCrohan, Nick Ray, Iain Stewart
Category: Travel | Series: Multi Country Guide Ser.
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & Northern Thailand is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Tempt your tastebuds with pho noodle soup in Vietnam, sail pas ...Show more
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