David Smith discusses his new book 'Less than Human' on NPR's Talk of the Nation

David Livingstone Smith, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy, discussed his latest book, Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others on National Public Radio's "Talk of the Nation" March 29, 2011. The 30-minute interview is available on an NPR webpage that provides background on the book as well as a lengthy excerpt. The book was also recently reviewed in the New York Times Book Review. Smith is the author of several other books, including Why We Lie: The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious Mind and The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War, both of which garnered a lot of media coverage. Listen to the NPR interview and read more aboutLess than Human and Smith.

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