Cognitive Scientist Paul Bloom: the Origins of Good and Evil

I've spoken to Paul Bloom previously about the precocious moral awareness of young infants and the ingenious experiments used to demonstrate it. Now Paul has synthesized those findings in a far-reaching exploration of our ethical capacities and limitations. His new book is "Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil" Topics covered in this interview include: -Are we born with a sense of right and wrong? -Gut feelings vs. rational deliberation as a basis for ethical behavior -The roots of racism -Mafia morality -Sitcoms and moral uplift