Paul Bloom

Paul Bloom is Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Psychology & Cognitive Science at Yale University and author of Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil.

Choosing Violence

Callard’s claim about the rationality of anger is puzzling.

  • Paul Bloom

Bloom Final Response to Lure of Luxury

  • Paul Bloom

The Lure of Luxury

Most people own things they don’t really need. It is worth thinking about why.

  • Paul Bloom
with responses from
  • Virginia Postrel
  • Susan A. Gelman
  • Nicholas A. Christakis
  • Shamus Khan
  • Debra Satz
  • David Cloutier
  • Joel M. Podolny
  • Bruce Hood
  • Judith Levine
  • Will Wilkinson

Understanding Does Not Require Feeling

Final response: The conclusion that compassion and empathy come as “a package” is almost surely mistaken.

  • Paul Bloom

Against Empathy

Most people see the benefits of empathy as too obvious to require justification.

  • Paul Bloom
with responses from
  • Peter Singer
  • Leslie Jamison
  • Lynn E. O'Connor & Jack W. Berry
  • Leonardo Christov-Moore & Marco Iacoboni
  • Marianne LaFrance
  • Simon Baron-Cohen
  • Nomy Arpaly
  • Elizabeth Bruenig
  • Christine Montross
  • Sam Harris
  • Barbara H. Fried
  • Jesse Prinz

Blame Motivates Good Behavior

The thought of being blamed by others can motivate good behavior.

  • Paul Bloom
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