#737 Christopher Burris - Evil in Mind: The Psychology of Harming Others
RECORDED ON OCTOBER 21st 2022.
Dr. Christopher Burris is a Professor of Psychology at St. Jerome’s University, one of the six faculties that makes up the University of Waterloo. Over the years, he has dabbled in religion/spirituality, the self, sexuality, and motivation and emotion. Current topics of his research include the exploring the mystical properties of erotic love as well as developing and testing a causal model to explain sadistically motivated behavior across the spectrum of severity. He is the author of Evil in Mind: The Psychology of Harming Others.
In this episode, we focus on Evil in Mind. We talk about the criteria people use to label something as “evil”. We discuss the myth of pure evil. We talk about why and how people deflect the label of evil. We discuss why people harm others, and some individual differences. We talk about the relationship between hate and evil. We discuss sadism, and evil in groups. Finally, we talk about some common misconceptions about evil.
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Intro
What is evil?
The myth of pure evil
Labelling symbols as evil
Deflecting the label of evil
Why do people harm others?
Individual differences
The relationship between hate and evil
Sadism
Evil in groups
Common misconceptions about evil
Follow Dr. Burris’ work!
Follow Dr. Burris’ work:
Faculty page: https://bit.ly/3b9RYTE
Works on ResearchGate: https://bit.ly/3xusuri
Evil in Mind: https://amzn.to/3xFkjZD