A Very Bad Wizard: Morality Behind the Curtain

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Believer Books, 2009 - Philosophy - 239 pages
Do we have free will? What counts as justice in the Peruvian Amazon? Is Catherine Zeta-Jones objectively hotter than Drew Barrymore? These are just a few of the questions that philosopher Tamler Sommers attempts to answer in far-spanning interviews with ten acclaimed researchers in the burgeoning field of moral psychology. Philip Zimbardo talks about his famous "Stanford Prison Experiment" and how it relates to abuses of Abu Ghraib. Harvard neuroscientist Josh Greene reports on the ways our brains react to ethical dilemmas. Jonathan Haidt explains why we object to incest and how that relates to disagreements between conservatives and liberals. Renowned Primatologist Frans de Waal juxtaposes human behavior with that of the bonobo (a species he terms the hippie ape.) And much more. A Very Bad Wizard is essential reading for anyone curious about the origins and inner workings of our moral lives.

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INTRODUCTION
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PHILIP ZIMBARDO
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PART TWO
61
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