David Smith interviewed in second segment of BBC radio documentary 'The Kill Factor'

David Livingstone Smith, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy, is interviewed in a BBC radio documentary titled "The Kill Factor." The first episode aired Monday, June 5, 2011, and the second segment aired June 13th. 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 he 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.