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Zero Degrees of Empathy: A New Theory of Human Cruelty and Kindness

Simon Baron Cohen, 2011, Penguin Books (New York, 978-0-141-01796-9, 195 pp.)

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Franklin, K. Zero Degrees of Empathy: A New Theory of Human Cruelty and Kindness . Bioethical Inquiry 10, 411–413 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-013-9452-9

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