Original sin : on the genetics of vice, the problem of blame, and the future of forgiveness / Kathryn Paige Harden.
| Author/creator | Harden, Kathryn Paige author |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York, NY : Random House, [2026] |
| Description | 304 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Desert -- Sin -- Letter -- Luck -- Animal -- Choice -- Essence -- Variety -- Consequences -- Retribution -- Eclipse -- Puzzle. |
| Abstract | "As one of the world's leading scientists examining how our DNA shapes differences in temperament, temptation, and behavior, the author has seen firsthand how we - in public and in our most private relationships - continue to struggle with the ancient tensions between nature and nurture, freedom and constraint, the desire to punish and the longing to forgive. In this book, she weaves together insights from her own experience as a daughter, mother, wife, and scientist with cutting-edge research in genetics and psychology to grapple with some of the most important questions in modern life: How do we take responsibility for the people we become, knowing how we are shaped by both biology and experience? How should we respond when people hurt each other - or themselves? And has science made guilt obsolete? Navigating the psychological and biological terrain of addiction, antisocial behaviour, and violence, the author confronts the discomforting ways science unsettles our understanding of wrongdoing and choice. In doing so, she asks us not to absolve, but to reckon differently with notions of fairness and blame. A revelatory inquiry into the uneasy space where human behaviour meets inherited biology, this book challenges us to imagine a more humane vision of accountability - for ourselves and for one another." -- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-292) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Harden, Kathryn Paige Original sin New York, NY: Random House, [2026] 9780593447635 |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/ onlineversion%7caHarden, Kathryn Paige%7ctOriginal sin%7cdNew York, NY : Random House, [2026]%7cz9780593447635%7cw(DLC) 2025032660 |
| LCCN | 2025032659 |
| ISBN | 9780593447628 hardcover |
| ISBN | 059344762X |
| ISBN | ebook |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | New Books | QH457 .H37 2026 | ✔ Available | Want This? |