The Science of Sympathy: Morality, Evolution, and Victorian Civilization by Rob Boddice

The Science of Sympathy: Morality, Evolution, and Victorian Civilization

History of Emotions

Rob Boddice

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In his Descent of Man, Charles Darwin placed sympathy at the crux of morality in a civilized human society. His idea buttressed the belief that white, upper-class, educated men deserved their sense of superiority by virtue of good breeding. It als...

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