The Resource Just babies : the origins of good and evil, Paul Bloom
Just babies : the origins of good and evil, Paul Bloom
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The item Just babies : the origins of good and evil, Paul Bloom represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Nevins Memorial Library (Methuen).
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- Summary
- "From Sigmund Freud to Jean Piaget, psychologists have long believed that we begin life as amoral animals. After all, isn't it the role of society--and especially parents--to transform babies from little psychopaths into civilized beings who can experience empathy and shame, and override selfish impulses? In Just Babies, Paul Bloom argues that humans are in fact hardwired with a sense of morality. Drawing upon years of original research at Yale, he shows that babies and toddlers can judge the goodness and badness of others' actions; that they act to soothe those in distress; and that they feel guilt, shame, pride, and righteous anger. Yet this innate morality is tragically limited. Our natural morality extends toward those in our own group, but this is offset by ingrained dislike, even hatred, of those in different groups. Put simply, we are natural-born bigots. Vivid and intellectually probing, Just Babies argues that it's only through our uniquely human capacity for reason that we can transcend the primitive sense of morality we are born with. This erudite yet accessible book will captivate readers of Steven Pinker, Philip Zimbardo, and Robert Wright."--
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Just babies : the origins of good and evil
- Title
- Just babies
- Title remainder
- the origins of good and evil
- Statement of responsibility
- Paul Bloom
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "From Sigmund Freud to Jean Piaget, psychologists have long believed that we begin life as amoral animals. After all, isn't it the role of society--and especially parents--to transform babies from little psychopaths into civilized beings who can experience empathy and shame, and override selfish impulses? In Just Babies, Paul Bloom argues that humans are in fact hardwired with a sense of morality. Drawing upon years of original research at Yale, he shows that babies and toddlers can judge the goodness and badness of others' actions; that they act to soothe those in distress; and that they feel guilt, shame, pride, and righteous anger. Yet this innate morality is tragically limited. Our natural morality extends toward those in our own group, but this is offset by ingrained dislike, even hatred, of those in different groups. Put simply, we are natural-born bigots. Vivid and intellectually probing, Just Babies argues that it's only through our uniquely human capacity for reason that we can transcend the primitive sense of morality we are born with. This erudite yet accessible book will captivate readers of Steven Pinker, Philip Zimbardo, and Robert Wright."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1963-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bloom, Paul
- Dewey number
- 155.4/1825
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BJ45
- LC item number
- .B56 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology
- PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child
- PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
- Ethics
- Good and evil
- Values
- Child development
- Label
- Just babies : the origins of good and evil, Paul Bloom
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1436223
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 273 pages
- Isbn
- 9780307886859
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2013012697
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1436223
- (OCoLC)828484158
- Label
- Just babies : the origins of good and evil, Paul Bloom
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1436223
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 273 pages
- Isbn
- 9780307886859
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2013012697
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1436223
- (OCoLC)828484158
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