Start the Week – BBC Radio Four
“Andrew Marr explores how far empathy, or the lack of it, can explain cruelty. Simon Baron-Cohen proposes turning the focus[…]
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My royal wedding
Among all this madness, who would not be touched by a commitment to “mutual society, help, and comfort … both[…]
ReadThe Shrink & The Sage: Self-love
For self-love to have any value, we must be able to find things within ourselves that make that love worthy.[…]
ReadBurnham-on-Sea – 4 May
Talking about my new book The Ego Trick at 7.30. Full details here.
ReadThe whole truth
Moral codes that stress the avoiding of telling lies are more legalistic than moral because they ultimately focus on the[…]
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