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.
Empathy moves us, but it may move us to make an unethical decision. Conversely, says Bloom, dehumanization is not the ultimate evil we typically assume it to be.
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...
Through the case studies of compassion, racism, and sex, Dr. Bloom explores the intrinsic fundamentals of human nature.
What does primate pornography tell us about human nature?
So much of the action in psychology has been a running debate over which view is right.
Paul Bloom argues that human pleasure is “deep”—that is, rooted in what we see as the essence of objects and people.
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?
What abilities do our brains lose after childhood? Developmental psychologist Paul Bloom explains.
What explains the universal human love of fiction, even horror fiction? Paul Bloom believes it’s an evolved preference that helped our ancestors survive a variety of real-world scenarios.
Children’s appreciation of art and artistic intent is far more sophisticated than psychologists once believed. In fact, we may all start out as little Pollocks.