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Kathryn Paige Harden - Original Sin, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2027

Original Sin

The Genetics of Wrongdoing, the Problem of Blame and the Future of Forgiveness

Av Kathryn Paige Harden

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How do we take responsibility for the people we become, knowing how we are shaped by both biology and experience?How should we respond when people hurt each other - or themselves?And has science made guilt obsolete?World-leading scientist Kathryn Paige Harden navigates the biological terrain of addiction, antisocial behaviour and violence, confronting the discomfiting ways science unsettles our understanding of wrongdoing and choice. Intellectually daring and deeply intimate, Original Sin is revelatory enquiry into the uneasy space where religious understandings of guilt meet genetic inheritance - one that ultimately dares us to reckon differently with notions of fairness and blame.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2027-04-01
  • Mått: 129 x 198 x 17 mm
  • Vikt: 317 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 320
  • Förlag: Orion Publishing Co
  • ISBN: 9781399604352
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Kathryn Paige Harden, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas, where she directs the Developmental Behavior Genetics lab and co-directs the Texas Twin Project. Paige lives in Austin with her husband, three children, and dog (who also participates in genetic research).

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This is a serious and knotty book... but it can be beautiful. Harden draws movingly on autobiographical material... Ultimately, this is a well-informed attack on an American style of justice that relies on notions of sin and punishment. Harden acknowledges that retribution feels good - we are human. She wants everyone to be accountable for their actions, whatever their genetics. But she calls for rational measures aimed at reducing offending, and for restorative justice over vengeance. For Norway, not Texas. For compassion, not cruelty... A darkly glittering book.

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