ReadOasis Step 2(Part 2)

Evil needs to be studied. The obvious reason is that evil is bad. It damages people and society. But how does one study evil? One psychologist has found a way. His name is Simon Baron-Cohen, and he suggests that we can study evil by finding its cause. Baron-Cohen’s book is called “The Science of Evil.” It asks why humans can treat others with cruelty.

But there is a problem. Baron-Cohen says evil is not ideal for scientific explanation. He prefers to look at e...