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Books like Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion
Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion by Paul Bloom is about empathy, moral reasoning, compassion. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil
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Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil
Paul Bloom · Psychology
Paul Bloom's central question is how much morality is innate versus learned.
Read the summary → - The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Jonathan Haidt · Psychology
The Righteous Mind is Jonathan Haidt's argument that moral reasoning is not the source of our moral judgments — it's the press secretary for them.
Read the summary → - Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Daniel Kahneman · Psychology
Thinking, Fast and Slow is Daniel Kahneman's account of the two cognitive systems that govern human thought.
Read the summary → - Stumbling on Happiness
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Daniel Gilbert · Psychology
Daniel Gilbert is a Harvard psychologist whose central finding, after decades of studying affective forecasting, is that humans are systematically wrong about what will make them happy.
Read the summary → - 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
Susan Weinschenk · Psychology
Susan Weinschenk is a behavioral scientist and UX consultant, and this book is her translation of cognitive science research into practical guidance for designers.
Read the summary → - A General Theory of Love
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Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon · Psychology
A General Theory of Love is a 2000 book by three psychiatrists at the University of California, San Francisco — Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon — who set out to explain love scientifically without stripping it of its significance.
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