Why read The Mind Club?

Book cover of The Mind Club: Who Thinks, What Feels, and Why It Matters

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“Compelling, and so beautifully written…’The Mind Club’ deftly brings the most up-to-date research about other minds to readers of all backgrounds. It may cause you to think differently about crime and punishment, about business transactions and health care, and even about the upcoming elections. Things might just start looking up.”–The…

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David Amerland

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Is morality objective? Is compassion possible in an adverse situation? Are you a good person? Am I? Can we truly be? These are the questions that arise from Wegner’s book. His ideas about perception, morality, the theory of mind, and the way we relate not just to each other but to pets and the natural world had me thinking about my own behavior and how I make judgments.

I, like most people, tend to think that humans are somehow special animals on this planet. I am deeply reconsidering that assumption now. It’s also led me to reconsider how I view…

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