The Punisher's Brain

(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society Series)

by Morris B. Hoffman

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Why do we punish, and why do we forgive? Are these learned behaviors, or is there something deeper going on? This book argues that there is indeed something deeper going on, and that our essential response to the killers, rapists, and other wrongdoers among us has been programmed into our brains by evolution. Using evidence and arguments from neuroscience and evolutionary psychology, Morris B. Hoffman traces the development of our innate drives to...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1107038065

ISBN13:9781107038066

Release Date:April 2014

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:368 Pages

Weight:1.55 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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