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Paul Bloom
Professor of Psychology
Paul Bloom is the Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Psychology at Yale University. An internationally recognized expert on the psychology of child development, social reasoning, and morality, he has won numerous awards for his research, writing, and teaching. Bloom’s previous books include Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil and How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like, and he has written for Science, Nature, The New York Times, and The New Yorker.
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The ranking of empathy from highest to lowest goes liberals, conservatives, libertarians. But the difference is minor, says Paul Bloom. Typically the debate isn’t all over whether or not to empathize – it’s over who to empathize with.
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Through the case studies of compassion, racism, and sex, Dr. Bloom explores the intrinsic fundamentals of human nature.
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What does primate pornography tell us about human nature?
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So much of the action in psychology has been a running debate over which view is right.
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Paul Bloom has researched everything from religion and moral reasoning to children’s understanding of fiction and art. What’s the most unusual project he’s working on now?
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Paul Bloom argues that human pleasure is “deep”—that is, rooted in what we see as the essence of objects and people.
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What abilities do our brains lose after childhood? Developmental psychologist Paul Bloom explains.