David Livingstone Smith (born 26 September 1953) is professor of philosophy at the University of New England. He gained his MA at

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and a Ph.D. in philosophy at the

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(Kings College) where he worked on the philosophy of psychology. His research interests include

self-deception Self-deception is a process of denying or rationalizing away the relevance, significance, or importance of opposing evidence and logical argument. Self-deception involves convincing oneself of a truth (or lack of truth) so that one does not revea ...

dehumanization Dehumanization is the denial of full humanness in others and the cruelty and suffering that accompanies it. A practical definition refers to it as the viewing and treatment of other persons as though they lack the mental capacities that are c ...

human nature Human nature is a concept that denotes the fundamental dispositions and characteristics—including ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—that humans are said to have naturally. The term is often used to denote the essence of humankind, or ...

ideology An ideology is a set of beliefs or philosophies attributed to a person or group of persons, especially those held for reasons that are not purely epistemic, in which "practical elements are as prominent as theoretical ones." Formerly applied pri ...

, race and

moral psychology Moral psychology is a field of study in both philosophy and psychology. Historically, the term "moral psychology" was used relatively narrowly to refer to the study of moral development. Moral psychology eventually came to refer more broadly to var ...

. He won the 2012

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for non-fiction and was a speaker at the 2012

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Economic Summit at Los Cabos, Mexico.

Publications

*''Freud's Philosophy of the Unconscious'' (Kluwer, 1999). *''Approaching Psychoanalysis: An Introductory Course'' (Karnac, 1999). *''Psychoanalysis in Focus'' (Sage, 2002). *''Why We Lie: The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious Mind'' (St. Martin's Press, 2004). *''The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War'' (St. Martin's Press, 2007). *''Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others'' (St. Martins Press, 2011).Review
by David Berreby, ''New York Times'', 4/3/2011 *"Beyond Good and Evil: Variations on Some Freudian Themes," in Bohart, A. et al. (eds.), ''Humanity’s Dark Side'' (APA Books, 2012). *"War, evolution, and the nature of human nature," in Shackleford, T. (ed.), ''Oxford Companion to Evolutionary Approaches to War and Violence'' (Oxford University Press, 2012). *"Indexically yours: why being human is more like being here than like being water," in Corby, R. H. A & Lanjouw, A. (eds.), ''The Politics of Species: Exploring the Species Interface'' (Cambridge University Press, 2013). *''On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It'' (Oxford University Press, 2020).

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David Livingstone Smith's website
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