{"product_id":"original-sin-kathryn-paige-harden-9780593447628","title":"Original Sin: On the Genetics of Vice, the Problem of Blame, and the Future of Forgiveness","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn intellectually daring and deeply intimate exploration of how genetics complicates our ideas about blame, punishment and moral responsibility--from acclaimed psychologist and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Genetic Lottery\u003c\/i\u003e, Kathryn Paige Harden.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs one of the world's leading scientists examining how our DNA shapes differences in temperament, temptation and behaviour, Kathryn Paige Harden 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOriginal Sin\u003c\/i\u003e, 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNavigating the psychological and biological terrain of addiction, antisocial behaviour and violence, Harden confronts the disorienting 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, \u003ci\u003eOriginal Sin\u003c\/i\u003e challenges us to imagine a more humane vision of accountability--for ourselves and for one another.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathryn Paige Harden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 059344762X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593447628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.75d","brand":"Kathryn Paige Harden","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47136076792063,"sku":"9780593447628","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_42e3018f-2642-48ab-b50e-b4e898f9e37b.jpg?v=1755022271","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/original-sin-kathryn-paige-harden-9780593447628","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}