The Psychology of Good and Evil: Why Children, Adults, and Groups Help and Harm Others

This book explores the roots of goodness and evil by gathering together the knowledge gained in a lifelong study of harmful or altruistic behavior. Ervin Staub has studied what leads children and adults to help others in need and how caring, helping, and altruism develop in children
bullying and youth violence and their prevention
the roots of genocide, mass killing, and other harmful behavior between groups of people
the prevention of violence
healing victimized groups and reconciliation between groups. He presents a broad panorama of the roots of violence and caring and how we create societies and a world that is caring, peaceful, and harmonious.