Review of The Lucifer Effect by Phil Zimbardo
Dearest All!
Linda kindly makes us aware of a review of Phil Zimbardo’s book The Lucifer Effect in this morning’s Harvard Crimson.
Evil Is Just a Change of Scenery
Review by Eric W. Lin
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=518576
In our society of bitter caricature, evil actions are only perpetrated
by evil people–Saddam Hussein, death row murderers, and George W. Bush,
to name a few common targets. Pointing fingers seems like the easiest
course of action whenever a problem arises. “I could never do what they
do,” we tell ourselves. But as famed psychologist Philip Zimbardo
reminds us, we are all capable of distasteful, even evil, actions, given
the right situation.
Please read the entire text at http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=518576.