Evil: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side

Are bad people born bad, or do we all have a tipping point?

We use the word “evil” to explain the unexplainable—mass shooters, serial killers, corrupt dictators, and the cruelty we see online every day. We write them off as monsters, distinct from the rest of us. But what if the boundary between “normal” human behavior and true depravity is much thinner than we think?

In Evil, internationally acclaimed criminal psychologist and scientist Dr. Julia Shaw uses cutting-edge neuroscience, behavior...