David Smith interviewed in BBC Radio 4 documentary 'The Kill Factor'

David Livingstone Smith, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy, is interviewed in a BBC Radio 4 documentary titled "The Kill Factor," scheduled to air in the UK on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011 at 8 p.m. 

The "Kill Factor" was originally aired by BBC World Service in June 2011 as a two-episode program. The documentary examines the psychological aspects of soldiers who have killed in war at close quarters and how it affects them today. Smith is the author of The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War, Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others, and Why We Lie: The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious Mind.

Smith also recently discussed his book Less than Human on NPR's Talk of the Nation and on WCSH6 TV's 207 news magazine.  Read more.

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