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Autore |
Besier Gerhard |
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Neither good nor bad : why human beings behave how they do / / by Gerhard Besier |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (406 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Individual differences |
Behavior |
Personality |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS""; ""LIST OF FIGURES""; ""FOREWORD""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CHAPTER ONE""; ""CHAPTER TWO""; ""CHAPTER THREE""; ""CHAPTER FOUR""; ""CHAPTER FIVE""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""INDEX"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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When confronted by a range of violent actions perpetrated by lone individuals, contemporary society exhibits a constant tendency to react in terms of helpless, even perplexed horror. Seeking explanations for the apparently inexplicable, commentators often hurry to declare the perpetrators as ""evil"". This question is not restricted to individuals: history has repeatedly demonstrated how groups and even entire nations can embark on a criminal plan united by the conviction that they were fighting for a good and just cause. Which circumstances occasioned such actions? What was their motivation? |
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