TY - JOUR
T1 - Sadistic cruelty and unempathic evil
T2 - Psychobiological and evolutionary considerations
AU - Stein, Dan J.
PY - 2006/6
Y1 - 2006/6
N2 - Understanding the origins of evil behaviour is one of our most important intellectual tasks. A distinction can perhaps be drawn between overt sadistic cruelty and the lack of empathy to suffering that is a hallmark of evil. There is increasing data available on the prevalence, proximal psychobiological underpinnings, and distal evolutionary basis for these contrasting phenomena.
AB - Understanding the origins of evil behaviour is one of our most important intellectual tasks. A distinction can perhaps be drawn between overt sadistic cruelty and the lack of empathy to suffering that is a hallmark of evil. There is increasing data available on the prevalence, proximal psychobiological underpinnings, and distal evolutionary basis for these contrasting phenomena.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33749033389&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X06419051
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X06419051
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AN - SCOPUS:33749033389
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 29
SP - 242
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
IS - 3
ER -